CACHE COUNTY – As the New Year approaches, the game of “Musical Chairs” continues on the Cache Valley political scene.

As Mayor-Elect Mark Anderson of Logan did in November, longtime Cache County Council member Barbara Tidwell has elected to give up her seat on that panel.

Citing her husband’s ill health, Tidwell will step down effective Dec. 31, setting off special election procedures by the Cache County Republicans to replace her.

“I have come to the conclusion that time spent with my husband is the most important endeavor in my life,” Tidwell wrote in her letter of resignation dated Dec. 8. “We now feel that spending time traveling and enjoying each other’s company is the uppermost priority in our lives.”

Since being elected to the Cache County Council in November of 2016, Tidwell s

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