County under Governor Bullock's mask mandate

After reporting one case of COVID-19 in Carter County early last week, the Carter County COVID-19 Task Force reported a total of three active cases last Wednesday.

At an emergency meeting that evening, school board members voted to close Ekalaka Public Schools until 4 p.m. on Friday. All high school and junior high activities, including volleyball games scheduled for Thursday in Jordan, were canceled. After the school reopened, Friday night’s varsity football game versus Forsyth and Saturday’s volleyball games versus Circle were permitted.

On Saturday morning, a fourth active case was announce...