Haxtun Swimming Pool to remain closed for season

It’s official, Haxtun will not open the swimming pool this summer season. The Town Council took official action on the pool’s opening during a meeting early last week. State mandates regarding strict guidelines for indoor swimming pools allow for only four persons at a time due to the current COVID-19 situation. That, along with problems getting parts to fix the current pool, forced the Council to make the decision to close the pool this season.

Mandates set forth by Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis as well as from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have placed strict regu...