Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay is leading an effort to establish an Opioid Abatement Council, which is required under stipulations in the settlement.
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...