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Chelan & Douglas Counties Shattering Records For Drug Overdose Deaths
Chelan & Douglas Counties Shattering Records For Drug Overdose Deaths
Chelan & Douglas Counties Shattering Records For Drug Overdose Deaths
With nearly three weeks still remaining in 2024, Chelan and Douglas Counties have already set a dubious new benchmark for drug overdose deaths. According to blended statistics provided by Chelan County Coroner Wayne Harris and Douglas County Coroner Tanner Bateman, there have been 36 fatal drug overdose incidents in the two-county area so far this year, including a sobering eight during a recent e
George Man Hospitalized After Accidentally Shooting Himself
George Man Hospitalized After Accidentally Shooting Himself
George Man Hospitalized After Accidentally Shooting Himself
A Grant County man has injuries after police say he accidentally shot himself on Tuesday morning. The Grant County Sheriff's office says the 61-year-old George resident was admitted to Quincy Valley Medical Center at around 9:30 a.m. after arriving to the emergency wing with a gunshot wound to the torso...
Quincy Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Mattawa Crash
Quincy Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Mattawa Crash
Quincy Man Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Mattawa Crash
One person is dead and another has injuries following a three-vehicle collision in Grant County on Tuesday afternoon. The Washington State Patrol says it happened at just after 5 p.m. on State Route 243 about a mile north of Mattawa when a pickup truck driven by 32-year-old Dexter A...
New Washington laws and rules impacting your paycheck in 2024
New Washington laws and rules impacting your paycheck in 2024
New Washington laws and rules impacting your paycheck in 2024
Washington state implements a new minimum wage and several new laws on January 1st. FOX13 is reporting the minimum wage in Washington state will go up to $16.66 per hour, a 2.35% from 2024. Beginning January 1st, 2025 all hospitals will be prohibited from mandating overtime for certain health care workers in Washington...

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