drug addiction

(Runtime 0:59)Each year Washington state continues to see drug overdose deaths rise across communities. The Wenatchee World hosts a panel with local…

In an unexpected development, the Washington state Legislature adjourned for the year late Sunday night having failed to put a new drug possession law on the books.

(Runtime 1:08)Benton County is closer to opening a Behavioral Health Recovery Center after purchasing the old Kennewick General Hospital and leasing…

(Runtime 3:33) Like much of the nation, Benton and Franklin Counties are experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of people dying from overdoses and…

This was meant to be the year we answered a big question about the deadly opioid epidemic: Will drug companies that make and sell prescription pain medications be held liable? That clarity never came.

The practice of locking up people who are chronically sick, mentally ill or drug addicted in under-resourced city, county and regional jails in Washington is resulting in inmate deaths and a failure to “treat all people humanely, respectfully, and safely,” according to a new report by the statewide nonprofit law firm Columbia Legal Services.