WALLA WALLA—Invitations will be sent to residents in Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla Counties in March asking them to fill out the online 2020 census, according to Juan Sanchez who is the Census 2020 Coordinator for our region.

“The portal for people to officially fill out the census opens on March 15,” he said.

Failure to complete the census will yield a flurry of follow-up notices, and any households that fail to respond by April 27, will be visited in person, he said.

“Right now, recruiters are out and about hiring for what is called an enumerator, and those are the people th...