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Jordan Martinez, 21, from East Wenatchee, sentenced to a year in jail for drug possession. Authorities found cocaine and counterfeit pills in his bedroom.

A man who attempted to flee from police before being arrested for drug possession in Wenatchee has been formally charged. On Tuesday, Chelan County prosecutors filed five felony counts against 30-year-old Osvaldo Verduzco-Mendoza, including three for drug possession with intent to deliver, eluding law enforcement, and second-degree assault...

Two Columbia Basin men are in jail after police say they were found in possession of illegal narcotics. The Adams County Sheriff's Office says it began when 57-year-old Dennis Riojas of Othello was pulled over for a traffic stop and arrested after he was discovered with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana, as well as a stolen firearm deputies say he attempted to discard prior to being stopped

Gambit, the talented drug interdiction dog at Chelan County Jail, relies on donations to continue his valuable work detecting illicit substances.

The East Wenatchee Police Department has a new four-legged member within its ranks. K9 Maverick, a three-year-old German Shepherd, officially became the Department's first active police dog in over a decade when he and handler, Officer Jordan Conley, went to work on Monday...

Police in Grant County have opened an investigation following the death of a 16-year-old Mattawa girl. Grant County Sheriff's Office spokesperson, Kyle Foreman, says the girl's death is suspected to have been caused by an overdose of fentanyl...

An Ephrata man is in jail following an alleged road rage incident in Grant County late Friday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded after receiving reports that a passenger in a Jeep pointed a gun at the driver of another car on State Route 282 near Road A Northwest...

The Columbia River Drug Task Force (CRDTF) saw one of its busiest years for drug busts in Chelan and Douglas Counties last year. In 2023, the CRDTF opened 119 new cases and made 104 total arrests. Chief of Special Operations with the Chelan County Sheriff's Office, Ryan Moody, credits several factors for the uptick in activity...

Two people are behind bars after police say they were found in possession of narcotics during a traffic stop in Grant County on Tuesday. Officers with the Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee Police Departments pulled over a vehicle near the intersection of State Route 174 and Grand Coulee Avenue in Grand Coulee and discovered 833 fentanyl tablets, as well as fentanyl powder, heroin, crystal methamphetamin

Police Chief Rick Johnson gave a presentation to the East Wenatchee City Council Tuesday evening