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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Klamath Basin Weather
Today Sunny, with a high near 64. Overnight, clear with a low around 20 degrees.
Thursday Widespread frost before 11am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 54. Low of 29.
Friday Widespread frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63. 20% chance of rain overnight.
Saturday A 20 percent chance of rain before noon. Snow level 6700 feet lowering to 5300 feet in the afternoon . Partly sunny, with a high near 58.
Sunday Sunny, with a high near 49.
Today’s Headlines
KCSD discontinues non-district facility use until COVID numbers decrease
Due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Klamath County School District has temporarily discontinued all outside facility use by non-district groups.
Under state guidance, the recent number of cases reported by the county could have sent all KCSD students attending in-person classes back to online learning only. With support of Klamath County Public Health, students already attending in-person were allowed to continue.
“I hope people understand that our focus is on keeping schools open and getting more students back in school,” said Glen Szymoniak, superintendent of the Klamath County School District.
Szymoniak has submitted a new metrics proposal to the state that, if approved, would allow all Klamath County students to return to in-person learning. The proposal included a letter of support from Klamath County Public Health and assurance from the district that all COVID-19 guidance was being followed.
“In light of that, we need to be doing everything we can to reduce the number of county cases,” Szymoniak said. “We want our actions consistent with steps that will make that happen.”
The district announced last week that all facility-use agreements would be discontinued as of Sunday, Oct. 18. Groups including community-sponsored youth sports teams have been using district facilities for practices and games. Not all users were following COVID-19 safety rules and the district was not able to ensure that state guidance was being followed.
KCSD expects to reopen its facilities to outside groups as soon as the county’s COVID-19 rate is no longer a threat that could close schools and people using district facilities are respecting efforts to get students back in school by following the safety guidelines, including wearing face coverings and limiting gathering sizes.
“I appreciate the activities being offered for our students, and I want kids to be active. We are looking for ways for this to happen,” Szymoniak said.
The latest county case rates are looking better, and the district has scheduled meetings with facility users this week.
COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 633. Oregon Health Authority reported 346 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, bringing the state total to 40,136.
The counties with the highest number of new cases Tuesday were Multnomah — with 101 cases — Washington and Marion counties. The new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases reported today are in the following counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (28), Columbia (1), Coos (3), Crook (2), Deschutes (3), Douglas (9), Harney (2), Hood River (1), Jackson (10), Jefferson (4), Klamath (4), Lane (42), Linn (13), Malheur (11), Marion (38), Morrow (2), Multnomah (101), Polk (6), Umatilla (10), Wasco (2), Washington (44) and Yamhill (7).
Klamath County Public Health officials reported four new cases of COVID-19 in the community on Tuesday. The local case count is 405.
For six weeks, Oregon’s COVID-19 cases were in a downward trend. However, since mid-September, officials warned that numbers were again increasing at an alarming rate. At the current rate of transmission, Oregon Health Authority officials project that new infections will increase substantially to 570 new reported cases a day and 40 hospitalizations.
The Oregon Health Authority released updated guidance on the state’s face covering requirements, generally expanding them in multiple settings including workplaces and outdoor public spaces by filling in some few gaps that existed in the previous guidelines.
According to the new guidance, face coverings are now required in all private and public workplaces; in outdoor and indoor markets, street fairs, private career schools, and both public and private colleges and universities.
There are a dwindling number of exceptions for public situations in which a face covering is not required, based on Monday’s OHA guidance:
- Employees, contractors and volunteers: Masks, face coverings or face shields are strongly recommended in all indoor work spaces, but not required when at or in a location where the employee, contractor or volunteer does not have a job that requires interacting with the public or with other employees, such as a large warehouse and at least six (6) feet of distance can be maintained between other people. When six (6) feet of distance cannot be maintained, such as in a restroom or break room, masks, face coverings or face shields are required.
- Masks, face coverings or face shields are not required while eating or drinking.
- Masks, face coverings or face shields are not required when engaged in an activity that makes wearing a mask, face covering or face shield not feasible, such as when swimming.
- Masks, face coverings or face shields can briefly be removed in situations where identity needs to be confirmed by visual comparison, such as at a bank or if interacting with law enforcement. If possible, limit speaking while the cover is off as speaking generates aerosols and droplets that can contain viruses.
Ballots for the 2020 election began to be mailed to Oregonians last week, and so far more than 88,000 people have cast their votes, following suit with the nationwide early voting trends.
By comparison, at this time during the 2016 presidential election 12,591 ballots were returned in Oregon. In 2012 it was less than 10,000.
About 3% of registered voters in Oregon have returned their ballots, according to the Elections Division of the Secretary of State. During the last two presidential elections, between 80% and 82% of registered voters in Oregon have returned their ballots.
Oregonians still have 15 days to return their ballots.
Join the Countdown to Crunch
Community encouraged to join event Oct. 26 and Oct. 28, highlighting local food
Do you need an excuse to eat leafy vegetables? A community-wide celebration next week highlighting locally grown greens may be just the push you need.
Community members are invited to join more than 1,800 Klamath County School District students and staff Oct. 26 and Oct. 28 in the third annual Countdown to Crunch celebrating National Farm to School Month.
In past years, students have crunched Oregon-grown apples together. This year, the crunch features Klamath-grown salad greens. Students will be crunching – and munching – greens grown by Katie Swanson, owner of Sweet Union Farm in Klamath Falls. You can buy Oregon-grown greens to crunch from a grocery store, Saturday’s downtown Farmers Market or online at www.kfom.org.
Students from eight schools will be crunching in their classrooms or cafeterias at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 and Wednesday, Oct. 28. Other students and community members can join the Countdown to Crunch either day through online crunching parties. Blue Zones Project, KCSD, KFOM and OSU Extension are hosting a community crunch on Zoom. Click on the link to register for the Zoom Crunch: www.healthyklamath.org/crunchatonce. That Zoom Crunch will be broadcast on Facebook Live. Community members and organizations also are encouraged to host their own Facebook Live or Zoom crunching parties.
“When you collaboratively do something, it has a bigger impact,” said Patty Case, educator for OSU Klamath Extension Family and Community Health and coordinator for the event. “We need to value our local food production and we have to do that in a collective way. It takes a community to feed a community.”
OSU Extension will provide schools with information on greens. Access educational materials on leafy greens at www.foodhero.org. To view a fun video about the event: https://youtu.be/Yf2wfO0dtSk. Merrill, Malin, Henley, Shasta, Stearns and Bonanza elementaries and Lost River and Bonanza junior/senior high schools are participating in the Countdown to Crunch this year.
“We’re featuring a hyper-local farm and grower this year because COVID-19 has made us all acutely aware of how unstable our food system can be in a crisis,” Case said. “We want to acknowledge and encourage local growers to join the effort to feed our youth.
“On average, a food travels about 1,500 miles to get to our community. The greens students will be eating come from Sweet Union Farm only a few miles away. If we can create excitement and help students understand where their food comes from, we all win — the schools, the growers and the local economy.”
Greens such as spinach, microgreens, lettuce, chard and kale tolerate the cold and can be grown eight or more months out of the year in the Klamath Basin. They are versatile and can be eaten cooked or raw, in salad, sandwiches and soups. In addition, they’re packed with nutrients, including vitamins A, C, K and folate to boost the immune system, according to experts at OSU Klamath Extension.
Solid Ground Equine Assisted Activities and Therapy Center of Klamath Falls is looking forward to a sustainable future, with at least some of the funds needed to expand its programs now in hand.
The nonprofit is among 20 recipients around Oregon to be awarded a grant from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The $168,000 grant will help Solid Ground over the course of the next four years to provide more services to the community.
The three-year grant took effect Oct. 16, and will fully fund executive director Shelley Trumbly’s position the first year, and provide matching funds in the second and third years.
Trumbly said the organization must showcase to Murdock what they are able to do to grow services within the first year of the grant in order to continue receiving funds in upcoming years.
MEETING NOTICE
The Board of Directors of EagleRidge High School, an Oregon Nonprofit Corporation, will hold an Emergency Board Meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 4:00 pm via Zoom.
The meeting agenda is review and approval of the Division 22 Report. The Board may also consider other business brought before the board.
EagleRidge High School was established to create and implement an autonomous, high achieving and equitable small high school in collaboration with the Klamath Falls City School District pursuant to the Oregon Charter School law. The meeting will be conducted in accordance with the Oregon Public Meetings law.
Long said about five or six addresses are believed affected, but the office is still going through and evaluating more homes on Sprague River Road. She encouraged anyone who lives on Sprague River Road and whose postal address is coded as Sprague River to call or email her office if they received a ballot that did not include Measure 18-118, despite being eligible to vote on the measure.
The Klamath Food Bank is reporting today that there will be no Supermarket Saturday this year. It’s only the second time they’ve had to cancel the great event in it’s 28 year history.
Niki Sampson says: “We won’t be setting up our awesome Mazama students at all of the above Supermarket Saturday SUPER sponsor locations November 7 collecting food and funds. WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR”.
Residents can make a donation and here’s how:
1) GO TO KLAMATHFOODBANK.ORG
2) MAKE AN ON-LINE DONATION
3) IN THE “DESCRIPTION” BOX JUST WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR FAVORITE WYNNE BROADCASTING RADIO STATION!
In the past few years, the Klamath Food Bank has assisted about 5,100 households annually. This year with Covid-19, some 9500 households needed help feeding their families. Many, many parents were so grateful for the help they received during this pandemic. Seniors were able to get food assistance at food pantries and the Senior Center without leaving their car.
The holidays and winter are just around the corner. It’s time to restock the shelves for the food bank if you can help. Niki says they had to purchase more food this year than any other in the history of this Food Bank. Again, help if you can. See their website at KlamathFoodBank.org
The holidays and winter are just around the corner. It’s time to restock the shelves for the food bank if you can help. Niki says they had to purchase more food this year than any other in the history of this Food Bank. Again, help if you can. See their website at KlamathFoodBank.org
It’s the season for change at Lava Beds National Monument. Some lava tube caves that have closed to the public are now open while others that were open are now closed.
Park staff said the reason for changing access of the caves is done seasonally to “protect vital habitat for our bat colonies.” For the past several years, from about mid-October through mid-April the lava tubes that were closed to protect maternity colonies reopen while certain caves that are used by bats to hibernate through the winter will close. Winter closures include: Jupiter-Hercules Leg, Labyrinth-Lave Brook and the northern portion of Thunderbrook that connects Labyrinth-Lava Brook, Sentinel, and Sunshine. Caves that have reopened for the winter are: Blue Grotto, Ovis Cave /Paradise Alleys, Natural Bridge, and Thunderbolt Cave (to the gated area). Balcony Cave, which was closed earlier this year because of the Caldwell fire, will reopen at a later time.
Historic photos, objects and documents acquired recently by the Klamath County Museum will be featured in a program to be presented live at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, on Facebook.
The program is designed to encourage donations to the museum’s acquisition fund, which has been depleted by a series of costly acquisitions this year. Among the objects purchased this year is an announcement of the death of Army Gen. Edward Canby in the Lava Beds during the Modoc Indian War of 1872-73. The museum has also acquired a rare photo of Gen. Frank Wheaton, who also served in the Modoc War. Other materials to be highlighted Thursday are numerous photos, documents and objects that are pertinent to Klamath County history.
Tax-deductible donations to the museum’s acquisition fund can be made via PayPal at klamathmuseum.org, or by check to the museum at 1451 Main St., Klamath Falls, OR 97601.
Around the state of Oregon
Hazarous Waste Removal in Jackson County
Recovery work expected to take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., seven days a week
At the request of the State of Oregon and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun the work to survey, remove and dispose of household hazardous waste (HHW) from properties in eight counties affected by the Oregon wildfires. This HHW removal is Step 1 of the overall response and is available at no cost to property owners.
Fire-affected Oregon property owners now have a dedicated phone number – 541-225-5549 – to ask questions about EPA’s removal of household hazardous waste at their property or provide additional details about their property that will help speed the EPA removal work. The hotline offers service in both English and Spanish.
The removal of household hazardous waste is required before the property can be cleared of ash and debris. Property owners who have not already completed a “Right of Entry” (ROE) form with their county are strongly encouraged to do so to help speed cleanup operations in their area. See: Oregon’s Wildfire Cleanup website for more information on the needed forms.
EPA cleanup crews are now assessing and removing household hazardous wastes including products like paint, cleaners, solvents, pesticides, fuel, oil, batteries, and pressurized tanks. Once completed, EPA will post a sign indicating they’ve completed Step 1. See: Jackson County’s Wildfire Recovery website to sign your ROE for household hazardous waste removal.
Oregonians who lived or were employed in one of the following counties at the time of the recent historic wildfires – Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion – can now preregister for Disaster SNAP (DSNAP).
Due to the pandemic, the application will be online. If you need assistance, please call 2-1-1 or the Aging and Disability Resource Connection at 1-855-ORE-ADRC.
Pre-registration will speed up your application and interview process. Eligibility and benefits will be based on your household income, resources, and disaster-related expenses. Pre??’registration does not guarantee eligibility or benefits.
Barring significant new wildfires, this will be the last regularly scheduled ODF fire situation report of this year. October rains have allowed the majority of ODF districts and fire protection associations to end fire season. The national fire preparedness level was lowered to 3 last week. With the Holiday Farm Fire now being managed by a Type 3 team, no ODF Incident Management Teams are currently deployed on wildfires.
Only one wildfire start was reported yesterday in Oregon, with no new acres burned reported.
Check ODF’s online public fire restrictions map to see what if any fire restrictions might still be in force for your area.
2020 Fire Season On ODF-Protected Lands
This fire season there have been 2,027 fires across all jurisdictions in Oregon and 1,221,324 acres burned. On ODF-protected lands, there have been 912 fires, close to the 10-year average of 918. In the past 10 years the average number of acres burned on lands protected by ODF has been 41,426. More than 13 times that amount – 551,816 acres – has burned this year.
Closures
Santiam State Forest is still closed to the public. Before heading out to hunt or recreate on other state or federal public lands, please check to see if there are any restrictions or closures due to the recent fires. There are still portions of some highways in wildfire areas that are closed. Use ODOT’s TripCheck to plan your route.
| Fire name | Acres burned | Containment | Location |
| Lionshead | 204,469 | 46% | 20 miles W of Warm Springs |
| Beachie Creek | 193,556 | 72% | 15 miles N of Detroit |
| Holiday Farm | 173,393 | 96% | 3 miles W of McKenzie Bridge |
| Riverside | 138,054 | 61% | 2 miles SE of Estacada |
| Archie Creek | 131,542 | 95% | 20 miles E of Glide |
| Slater | 44,597 in Oregon | 75% | 6 SE of Cave Junction (also in No. California) |
More Information
- ODF wildfire blog and Significant Fire Potential Map
- Oregon smoke blog
- Northwest Coordination Center – Regional Update and National Situation Report
- Inciweb (information on individual incidents)
Oregon’s COVID-19 cases have been surging to record levels for the past month. And it’s about to get a lot worse unless the state’s 4.2 million residents immediately alter their behavior, officials say.
New modeling released Friday shows that if transmission continues at its current rate, the number of newly identified cases — known as the case count — is expected to jump from 345 each day to 570 by November 5th.
Because most cases go undetected, officials estimate the actual number of Oregonians infected each day would be about 2,200 people. That’s a 69% increase and one that state health officer Dr. Dean Sidelinger describes as “troubling.” But even worse, if the rate of transmission increases over the next three weeks, the number of new cases reported each day could more than double to 740. That would translate to 3,400 Oregonians infected each day, whether their cases are identified or not.
Some experts say this is a highly plausible scenario because the virus is expected to spread more easily in coming weeks due to Halloween parties, trick-or-treating and cooler, wetter weather that prompts residents to spend more time indoors.
Authorities say a former Marion County sheriff’s deputy accused of theft, official misconduct and other charges was found dead at a Wilsonville hotel.
Sean Banks was found dead Saturday at the GuestHouse Inn & Suites near Interstate 5, according to the Marion County District Attorney’s Office. It appears he killed himself. In 2019, Banks was indicted on 25 counts of theft, official misconduct, tampering with physical evidence and computer crime, according to court records. The indictment alleges he stole guns, a camera and money. The results of an investigation into his death weren’t immediately available Monday morning.
Former child star Zachary Ty Bryan is facing charges after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in Eugene. Police arrested the 39-year-old Home Improvement star Friday night. He’s accused of strangling his girlfriend and taking away her phone when she called 9-1-1. The incident comes just two weeks after the “Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” star separated from his wife of 14 years. He was charged with strangulation, a felony, and fourth degree assault and interfering with making a report, both misdemeanors.
An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody (AIC) died October 19, 2020. He was incarcerated at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution and passed away at a local hospital.
He tested positive for COVID-19. He was between 50 and 60 years old. As with all in-custody deaths, the Oregon State Police have been notified, and the Medical Examiner will determine cause of death. Department-wide, this is the sixteenth AIC to die who tested positive for COVID-19.
For more information on COVID-19 cases inside Oregon’s prisons, please visit DOC’s COVID-19 website. The agency is responsible for the care and custody of 14,000 adults in custody who are incarcerated in 14 institutions across the state.
DOC requires employees and AICs to wear masks if they cannot maintain six feet of social distancing. Wearing masks is mandatory at all times in health services areas, some work areas, and in food services areas. Face coverings have been provided to AICs and staff. If an AIC becomes ill and exhibits flu-like symptoms, CDC and OHA guidance for supportive care are followed. Institutions continue to clean and disinfect numerous times a day. DOC asks AICs to report symptoms of COVID to medical staff. Posters are in all DOC institutions encouraging individuals to maintain proper hygiene and to uphold appropriate social distancing to the extent possible. Health screening processes are in place before staff are allowed to enter facilities. This screening includes a temperature check and a screening questionnaire. Visiting remains closed until further notice.
The Oregon State Police is requesting the public’s assistance in locating the person(s) that shot and killed a doe Mule Deer on Hwy 26 near milepost 46 in Crook County.
On October 11, 2020, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Troopers were notified that an unknown person(s) had shot and left to waste a doe Mule Deer.
It is believed the shooting took place sometime earlier the same day. Anyone who may have witnessed it would have been driving on Hwy 26 West of the Ochoco summit approximately one mile West of the Ochoco Christian Camp.
OSP Fish and Wildlife Troopers request that if you have any information regarding this incident to please contact the TIP Hotline: 1-800-452-7888 or *OSP(677) or TIP E-Mail: TIP@state.or.us (Monitored M-F 8:00AM – 5:00PM) – Trooper Barr is investigating.
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s (OPRD) All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Advisory Committee will meet 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Nov. 5.
On the agenda: ATV program and safety updates, ATV permit sales and trends, proposed Class IV ATV classification and operator requirement changes along with other committee and legislative updates.
Members of the public will be able to listen to the call; instructions on how to attend will be available online prior to the meeting on the committee meeting webpage: oregon.gov/oprd/ATV/Pages/ATV-committee.aspx#2. Public comments can be received via email at atv.safety@oregon.gov until 5 p.m. Nov. 4, 2020.
HINES, Ore. – Did you know the Bureau of Land Management has Resource Advisory Councils – made up of people just like you – that give citizen-based advice and recommendations on the management of public lands? These groups provide an opportunity for individuals from all backgrounds and interests to have a stronger impact on the decisions made for public lands.
The Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC) currently has five vacant positions and six positions with terms expiring in 2021 open for public nomination:
- a person interested in fish and recreational fishing in the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA);
- a person who is a grazing permittee on Federal lands in the CMPA;
- two persons who are recognized environmental representatives, one to represent the State as a whole and one from the local area;
- a person who has no financial interest in the CMPA to represent statewide interests;
- a person who participates in mechanized or consumptive recreation in the CMPA, such as hunting, fishing, or off-road driving;
- a recreation permit holder or representative of a commercial recreation operation in the CMPA;
- a person who regularly participates in dispersed recreation in the CMPA, such as hiking, camping, nature viewing, nature photography, bird watching, horse back riding, or trail walking;
- a person to serve as the State government liaison to the Council;
- a private landowner within the CMPA; and
- a member of the Burns Paiute Tribe.
If you are interested in public land management on Steens Mountain, this is a great opportunity to share your expertise and work with a collaborative group. The SMAC has been successful in bringing diverse and often competing interests to the table to deal with issues of mutual concern. This inclusive approach has shown great promise as a means to creatively and successfully deal with long-standing problems of public land management. Consensus-driven recommendations often lead to sustainable outcomes that benefit natural resources and have a high level of public support.
“Resource Advisory Councils provide the BLM with vital feedback on current issues, concerns and proposals, and enable us to engage local communities and stakeholders to improve our management of public lands,” said BLM Burns District Manager Jeff Rose.
To nominate yourself or someone you know, submit a membership application and supporting letters of recommendation from the groups or interests to be represented to the BLM Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 West, Hines, Oregon. Nominees will be evaluated based on their training, education, and knowledge of the Steens Mountain area.
The application deadline is November 13, 2020. Nomination forms can be picked up at this same location, by mail or phone request at (541) 573-4400, or online at: https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/apply
The specific category the nominee would like to represent should be identified in the nomination form and letters of reference. The BLM and the Governor of Oregon will review the applications and submit recommended nominees to the Secretary of the Interior, who has the responsibility for making the appointments.
Appointed members must reside in the State of Oregon. The SMAC generally holds quarterly meetings in Hines, Bend and Frenchglen. Although members serve without monetary compensation, travel and per diem expenses are reimbursed at current rates for government employees. SMAC members are normally appointed to three-year terms.
For more information on the SMAC, call Tara Thissell at (541) 573-4400.
Drug Enforcement Administration will direct resources to help reduce violent crime in communities throughout the country. Under this initiative, called Project Safeguard, DEA will identify and prioritize ongoing drug trafficking investigations with a nexus to violent crime.
“Drug trafficking and violent crime are inextricably linked,” said Acting DEA Administrator Shea. “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to the open air drug markets in American cities, drug traffickers employ violence, fear, and intimidation to ply their trade. Neighborhoods across our country are terrorized by violent drug trafficking organizations that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our law enforcement partners, DEA is committed to safeguarding the health and safety of our communities.”
“Violence goes hand in hand with illegal drug trafficking and continually threatens the safety of our communities.” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis. “While conducting investigations we continually encounter individuals associated with violent actions that have included kidnappings, armed assaults, home invasions, murder for hire, weapons trafficking and distributing the most dangerous drug we face –fentanyl.”
Working in collaboration with our federal, state, and local partners, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshals Service, DEA’s Project Safeguard will comprise three focus areas to address the growing violent crime threat in many cities across the United States:
- Disrupting, dismantling, and destroying the most significant violent drug trafficking organizations throughout the United States;
- Increasing federal prosecutions of firearms traffickers associated with drug trafficking organizations; and
- Prioritizing the capture of DEA fugitives who employ violence as part of drug trafficking.
The traffickers that flood our communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals responsible for the high rates of assault, murder, and gang activity in our cities. These criminals employ fear, violence, and intimidation to traffic drugs, and in doing so, exacerbate a drug crisis that claims more than 70,000 American lives every year. In recent months, violent crime has spiked in numerous cities and regions around the country, and drug trafficking is responsible, in part, for this violence.
Since August 1, 2020, the DEA Seattle Field Division and its state and local partners have conducted operations against these violent traffickers throughout the Pacific Northwest which have yielded:
- 146 arrests
- 95 weapons seized
- $3,559,107.00 in assets seized
- Seized drugs:
120 pounds of heroin
18.5 pounds of powder fentanyl
571 pounds of methamphetamine
37 pounds of cocaine
41,200 pills containing fentanyl
The DEA Seattle Field Division has worked these high level investigations with the assistance of our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.
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