Walla Walla County's Phase 2 application now under review by State

WALLA WALLA—On Tuesday, May 26, Walla Walla County Unified Command (Walla Walla County Emergency Management and Walla Walla County Department of Community Health) announced that the variance request the County submitted on Thursday, May 21 to move the County to Phase 2 of Governor Inslee’s Safe Start plan is now under review by the State of Washington Department of Health.

At the time the County submitted the application, it did not meet the disease activity criteria, thus the Department of Health (DOH) held the application. Over the weekend, the DCH updated information related to the County v...