•Police say a four-county narcotics investigation titled “Operation Eastbound and Down” netted four arrests and a large quantity of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs in three cities, including their alleged chief suppliers based in Bridgeport.
•The Cascade School District says lead has been detected in several drinking water outlets at different school buildings.
•A 16-year-old suspect from Bridgeport has been charged as an adult in last Wednesday’s killing of an East Wenatchee man on Highway 97 north of Orondo.