Tri-City Herald: Benton County to spend $5 Million to save millions more on 2nd recovery center

ABC News: Washington reaches $518M settlement with opiod distributors - ABC News(go.com)

The Seattle Times: WA to get $183M from Purdue Pharma settlement, more than double original proposal

NPR: 4 U.S companies will pay $26 billion to settle claims they fueled the opiod crisis (February 25, 2022)

Tri-City Herald: How to help growing number of homeless Tri-Citians? Inslee hears concerns, solutions (February 24, 2022)

Tri-City Herald: Franklin County should help fund Tri-City recovery center (December 5, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: County commissioners approve .1 percent sales tax (November 10, 2021)

KEPR: Plans for Tri-Cities recovery center gain momentum (August 31, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Old KGH sound enough to be detox, treatment center (August 30, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Tri-Cities Voters Won’t See Transit Sales Tax Cut On Their Ballots (August 18, 2021)

YakTriNews.com: Tri-Cities substance abuse recovery center closer to reality (July 6, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Guest Opinion - Managing Tri-Cities Recovery Center (June 13, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Benton, Franklin commissioners promise mental health facility (June 3, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Franklin Wants Voters to Cut Transit Sales Tax to Pay for Mental Health (June 2, 2021)

Journal of Business: New $22M Trios birthing center speeds up plans for recovery center (March 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Benton County asks state for $2.7M study to build addiction recovery center (March 1, 2021)

KNDU: New Tri-Cites Treatment Center offers outpatient opioid treatment services in Richland (February 22, 2021)

YakTriNews.com: After three drug overdose deaths in the Tri-Cities, local experts offer advice to prevent addiction (February 22, 2021)

Tri-City Herald: Exclusive: This is what it will take to tackle Tri-Cities escalating opioid problem, say health leaders (November 1, 2020)

Tri-City Herald: Could a Tri-Cities hospital be turned into a detox center? Study has answers (October 29, 2020)

KEPR: Plans for Tri-Cities recovery center moving forward (October 29, 2020)

KOMO: Kennewick Public Hospital District completes feasibility study for recovery center (October 28, 2020)

Tri-City Herald (Guest Opinion): Recovery month highlights Tri-Cities need (September 13, 2020)

YakTriNews.com: Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition spreads messages during National Recovery Month (September 9, 2020)

YakTriNews.com: Benton County Prosecutor sheds light on drug addiction recovery (September 3, 2020)

Tri-City Herald (Guest Opinion): Tri-Cities needs a recovery center now more than ever (June 14, 2020)

University of Washington: New and emerging drugs in state crime lab evidence (Q4 2019 & Q1 2020)

Tri-City Herald: Franklin County Sheriff Pushes County to Back Rehab Center (February 23, 2020)

WorkForce Magazine: Office Detox (Winter, 2020)

Tri-City Herald: Opioids killed 13 Tri-Citians last year, including a baby (January 4, 2020)

KOMO: How a small county jail runs a large-scale addiction program for inmates (November 21, 2019)

KNDU: Community speaks out for local detox center part 2 (September 26, 2019)

KNDU: Community speaks out for local detox center part 1 (September 26, 2019)

KNDU: Run for Recovery (September 21, 2019)

Tri-City Herald: Why we need to understand addiction in the Tri-Cities (July 21, 2019)

KNDU: Benton County Sheriff works to bring detox center to community (June 7, 2019)

KEPR: Team of experts holds public forum on addiction crisis (May 30, 2019)

KNDU: The Benton Franklin Recovery Coalition is hosting an addiction forum to raise awareness (May 30, 2019)

KNDU: Addiction forum being held to help raise awareness (May 30, 2019)

KEPR: Group hosting addiction forum to educate people on local epidemic (May 28, 2019)

KEPR: Experimental jail program gets national attention, saves local lives (May 20, 2019)

Tri-City Herald: Drug Abuse Often Leads to Crime. Here is Benton County Sheriff's Plan to Break That Cycle (May 4, 2019)

Tri-City Herald (Guest Opinion): Tri-Cities Needs a Detox Center (April 28, 2019)

WSU Insider: From Prison to WSU to Stanford (April 23, 2019)

Tri-City Herald: Group takes a new approach to tackling drug addiction in the Tri-Cities (March 16, 2019)

Tri-City Herald: Drug addiction is a disease. Let’s treat it that way (March 15, 2019)

KOMO News Special: Seattle is Dying (March 14, 2019)