County commissioners speak on virus

COLFAX - After Whitman County went from the “moderate” to “high-risk” category over the weekend in the Washington State Department of Health and Governor Inslee’s guidelines to re-open schools, Whitman County commissioners talked about the state of things Monday regarding the virus.

“It’s gonna be up to those who don’t subscribe to conspiracy theories that are gonna solve this for our communities,” said Michael Largent, chairman of the board of commissioners. “We don’t have to be here. We just don’t have to be where we’re at.”

A county is deemed high-risk with more than 75 new cases per 100,00...