Pamplin Media Group - Washington County, four others cleared for ‘lower risk’
Washington County, four others cleared for 'lower risk' May 18 2021 Benton, Deschutes, Hood River and Lincoln counties will also move to the more permissive COVID-19 risk category. Five Oregon counties — including Washington County, the state's second-most populous — will move to the most permissive risk category for the spread of COVID-19 this Friday, May 21. Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday afternoon, May 18, that at least 65% of residents age 16 and older in Benton, Deschutes, Hood River, Lincoln and Washington counties have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine...