Local businesses in Whitman County are adjusting to operating under Washington state COVID-19 Phase 2 guidelines after the county moved down a phase last week. In Phase 2, businesses are only allowed to operate at 25 percent capacity indoors, said Tawny Szumlas, Rico’s Public House owner. In Phase 3, businesses can operate at 50 percent capacity. However, Rico’s Public House still operated at 25 percent when the county was in Phase 3, she said. “No matter the phase, you are required to have tables 6 feet apart,” she said. “I have exactly 6 feet between tables. Even in Phase Three, we’ve only ever sat 25 percent because I can’t make more room.”