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There's also a discussion about needle exchange programs in Yakima and whether or not the programs should continue.

A vending machine is located Opportunities Industrialization Center at 717 Fruitvale Blvd. and at Yakamart on Fort Road in Toppenish.

When the Yakima City Council meets Tuesday council members will vote on a resolution authorizing the Johnson & Johnson opioid settlement.

Statewide overdose death rates have skyrocketed in recent years.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has announced the company Kroger is paying $47.5 million to the state of Washington

California has been hit hard in fact four counties in California saw the largest number of overdose deaths in the state in 2023

Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice says the 95 people who died of overdoses in 2021 set the record for the county.

1,500 boxes of the life saving drug are now being distributed to Yakima area businesses,

A record 98 overdose deaths kept authorities busy in Yakima County in 2021.

. Many people are using the drug and some are overdosing.