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Okanogan – Sheriff Tony Hawley issued a fraud call media release on Oct. 10 advising county residents of fraud calls.
“We have received multiple reports of county residents receiving telephone calls from a person claiming to be from the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office,” said Hawley. “These calls...
Data shows that Veterans account for 18% of total suicides in our state but only 7% of the total Washington population. Your Washington Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) is working to combat this by cultivating community programs focused on providing peer services. Two new opportunities will...
Don’t wait until an emergency is looming to prepare. Taking key actions now can help you stay safe, informed, and connected during a natural disaster, and help you recover in the aftermath. Courtesy (c) Gulcin Ragiboglu / iStock via Getty Images Plus
(StatePoint) There’s no better time than right now to prepare yourself and your family for the unexpected. Don’t wait until torrential rain and high winds beat on your windows or wildfire flames glow on the horizon. In those moments, your only thought will be getting your family to safety ....
K9 Kait Photos courtesy Chelan County regional justice center
With the rise of fentanyl use in the Wenatchee Valley, the Chelan County Regional Justice Center has responded by training its narcotics-detecting canine to identify the powerful synthetic opioid.
“Fentanyl is the current drug of choice in our community,” said Chris Sharp, director of the regional...
Mitchell Corbet, ICU RN, and Yaelenine Schnell, ICU Charge RN. Courtesy Confluence Health
Process improvement work in most jobs can be a dry affair: efforts at small adjustments to aid a bottom line, tweaks to be more efficient, or streamlining some steps deliver a widget to market faster. But when your business is open-heart surgery, process improvements take on a whole new level of...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Washington (NRCS-WA) is hosting an informational workshop Oct. 5, 2022, in preparation for the Fiscal Year 2023 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE) sign up.
Through ACEP-ALE, NRCS provides financial...
TUMWATER − The state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is proposing a 4.8 percent increase in the average price employers and workers pay for workers’ compensation insurance next year. If adopted, the increase would mean employers and workers would jointly pay an additional $61 a year...
Revised permanent outdoor heat exposure rules outlined by L&I
In June, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) issued emergency rules to protect workers from outdoor heat exposure when temperatures are elevated. L&I first adopted emergency rules in 2021, but due to pandemic-related...
OLYMPIA–The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board today announced the award of nearly $76 million in grants across the state to help ensure the survival of salmon in Washington.
The board also approved an additional $58 million in grant requests for 55 projects through the Puget Sound...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority received a $10,090,532 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration for necessary airport safety improvements. This funding was secured by Rep. Newhouse...
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