HEALTH
Disaster volunteer named to state Board of Health
EAST WENATCHEE — Don Oliver, an East Wenatchee resident retired after 33 years in public health, was named to the state Board of Health, state officials said Tuesday. Oliver, 71, served as environmental health director for the Chelan-Douglas Health District in the mid-1970s, and was interim director in 2003 until a permanent replacement could be found. READ MORE »
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