City of Wenatchee Receives Additional $600,000 from Opioid Settlement
The City of Wenatchee is receiving an additional $600,000 from a second national opioid settlement.
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Chelan Co. Taking Lead on Establishing Opioid Abatement Council
Various municipalities within North Central Washington are preparing for how to allocate their share of the state's recent $500 million settlement with opioid manufacturers.
Stipulations of the settlement call for the creation of an abatement council which will oversee how each of the region's qualifying jurisdictions can spend their share of the restitution...
Documentary Screening Features Opioid Crisis, Stemming from Prescription Pills
The Grant County Health District is sponsoring a documentary screening that zeros in on the opioid crisis through a first person account of addiction. The documentary film 'Written Off' is intended to challenge the traditional viewpoints surrounding opioid addiction using personal journals of Matthew Edwards to pave the plot of the documentary...