Chelan County Regional Justice Center

Malaga man causes chaos with reckless driving, leading to DUI, eluding and other charges.

Chelan County's K9 Gambit is throwing his leash in the ring to become a member of the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society's first-ever Apple Blossom Festival Canine Royalty. The three-year-old border collie who works doing drug detection at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center is among ten local dogs who are vying for the king's crown...

Jail director Chris Sharp says the decision was made to give inmates fingertip access to Narcan after a near death experience.

The city will pay Chelan County $965,000 for jail service in the next year starting in January.

The Chelan County Regional Justice Center has introduced K9 Gambit, a 3-year-old border collie mix. In August, the jail lost its narcotics-detecting canine, K9 Kait, when she died suddenly while undergoing treatment for a liver condition.

K9 Kait served as a narcotics-detecting canine with her partner and handler Corrections Deputy Jacob Lewis at the CCRJC until earlier this year. K9Kait passed away unexpectedly last month while undergoing treatment for chronic hepatitis of the liver.

A corrections officer who was the target of a vicious assault at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center last month has returned to work. Jesus Olivera was attacked by two inmates at the jail, 24-year-old Benito Licea of Wenatchee and 28-year-old Javier Valdez of East Wenatchee, on May 1...