Officials in Alfalfa County were able to walk freely through the front doors of the courthouse this week since lifting the COVID-19 restrictions.

Jay Hague, Stan Tucker, and Marvin Woodall met at their regular time Monday and began working, starting with the usual items – previous meeting minutes, maintenance and operation payment warrants, monthly officer reports and blanket purchase orders.

Those items were all signed and approved, leading the trio into opening a stack of six-month bids. None were awarded (pending review), but all were filled out correctly and completely, resulting in their...