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Jail Director Chris Sharp says they're housing people who are detoxing from fentanyl as well those who don’t get regular medical care.

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

So far this year 61 people have died of a drug overdose. The number was 54 at the end of last month.

Yakima Mission Director says he's against Narcan vending machines.

Many of the machines are open around the state including in King County and nearby Klickitat County.

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

The man assaulted a Prosser Police Department Officer and a West Benton Fire and Rescue Firefighter.

Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice says so far half way through the month of July and a total of 46 people have died.

Numbers compiled by county coroner Wayne Harris show the high mark of 31 overdose deaths last year has fallen off by about a third so far in 2023.

Officials claim the machines are saving lives