Lincoln County stays in Phase 3

DAVENPORT – Any concerns Lincoln County residents may have had about the county regressing back to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s state re-opening plan can be quelled for at least another three weeks. Lincoln County was not on the list of three counties that the governor moved back to Phase 2 based on COVID-19 metrics April 12.

Whitman, Pierce and Cowlitz counties didn’t make the Phase 3 cut according to Inslee’s new metrics and will move back to Phase 2 effective April 16.

But here, residents can breathe a sigh of relief as restaurants, bars and gyms are allowed to continue operating at 50% cap...