Mask mandate request submitted to state

WORLAND – After a nearly two-hour long discussion, Washakie County Health Officer Dr. Ed Zimmerman informed the Washakie County Commissioners on Tuesday that he had sent a order to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) for approval that would impose a mask mandate for Washakie County due to a recent uptick in cases and hospitalizations in the county and statewide.

Zimmerman told the commissioners...