County GOP request mask order rescinded

On November 23, six days after Carbon County Health Officer Wayne Couch announced a county-wide mask mandate, the executive committee of the Carbon County Republican Party issued a letter of concern addressed to the Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC).

As was reported previously (see “All the dents we can get” on page 1 of the November 25 Saratoga Sun), Couch joined the BOCCC via phone during their November 17 meeting to discuss a mask mandate. What was first believed to be an upcoming state-wide mandate, however, was revealed to be on specifically for Carbon County. It was also one o...