“This situation is very fluid and changing daily, if not hourly, and we are staying on top of it.”

That’s the final message Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace gave board members at the end of his report during the Haxtun Hospital District Board of Directors March meeting last week. Most, if not all, his report encompassed the COVID-19 situation at the local level.

The Board chose to host their meeting in person, and on-site, despite several visitor restrictions in place within the facility. Three members, Scott Thompson, Jeff Firme and Kent Bamford, tended to business and heard reports from d...