Masks to be required in Cherokee starting on Friday

CHEROKEE, N.C. — The Chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians issued an Executive Order requiring residents and visitors to wear masks in most public places.

Principal Chief Richard Sneed said that several people have tested positive within tribal lands in Western North Carolina, and they had recently recorded the first death from COVID-19.

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