Knox County Commissioner Kyle Ward is going to defer for 30 days (February 2021) a second vote on stripping the Knox County Board of Health of it’s authority and making Dr. Martha Buchanan the sole authority during a pandemic.

Ward said to me, “We are making great strides with vaccinations and our citizens have been diligent in slowing the spread. There is a strong possibility we defer the vote a month and reevaluate on a monthly basis. Right now the focus needs to be on fighting the pandemic.”