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DAYTON–Columbia County has been placed in a region that includes Yakima, Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties, and Governor Jay Inslee's recently launched recovery plan requires the region to qualify as a whole before all counties can progress to a higher phase, and local officials are not happy with this situation.

Inslee's plan separates the State into eight regions, and Columbia Count...