Public Health supports school return

WHITMAN COUNTY—Public Health is supportive of county schools resuming in-class instruction, as long as the viral load continues to remain low, according to Public Health Director Troy Henderson.

“I think the superintendents have a pretty good handle on what they are doing,” said Henderson.

Henderson does not hold the same concern about returning to school on the local level as there is for Washington State University.

“The folks who attend the public schools and work at the schools are already here in our communities,” he said. This is unlike WSU which draws people from far beyond the county,...