First economic incentive application of 2023 approved

Spread throughout the large room of the Haxtun Community Center to practicing social distancing, members of the Haxtun Town Council voted to approve a resolution to continue a previous emergency declaration of local disaster declared by Mayor Todd Workman on March 31.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Workman acted on the last day of March to declare a state of local emergency for the Town of Haxtun. That move by the Town’s mayor was only good for seven days, so during their April 6 meeting, council members moved to extended that declaration, giving the Town of Haxtun the opportunity to...