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The Chelan-Douglas Health District (CDHD) has installed a low-barrier vending machine stocked with critical prevention and testing supplies inside its lobby. The machine, which is located at 200 Valley Mall Parkway in East Wenatchee, dispenses the opioid blocking drug naloxone (also known as Narcan), COVID-19 testing kits, and prevention materials for sexually transmitted diseases (STI)... Read Mo

Jail Director Chris Sharp says they're housing people who are detoxing from fentanyl as well those who don’t get regular medical care.

Jail director Chris Sharp says the decision was made to give inmates fingertip access to Narcan after a near death experience.

Numbers compiled by county coroner Wayne Harris show the high mark of 31 overdose deaths last year has fallen off by about a third so far in 2023.