County eyes move to Phase III

COLFAX – Whitman County Commissioners and Board of Health will meet Friday, June 5, to consider and possibly take action on requesting a variance to move into Phase III of Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan.

“The application package is pretty much the same as last time with the same letters and recommendations needed, except a new set of metrics has been created by the Governor for use by the State Department of Health to use in making this determination to approve or reject,” stated Commissioner Art Swannack.

Public Health Director Troy Henderson has staff working on the application. According...