Stonewall County Commissioners pushed the deadline for making difficult financial decisions or as long as they could, and with minimal recovery in the oil and gas industry, the court reached a final trigger point on Monday and voted to approve further de-funding office personnel budgets. At least two commissioners also have agreed to contribute a portion of their annual salary to the general fund.

As early voting began Monday for the special election in House District 68 to replace Texas Sen. Elect Drew Springer — former HD68 representative — the state also convened its 87th legislative session on Tuesday this week.

Although not required to commence in-person proceedings, Texas courts choosing to do so must submit a plan for conducting proceedings — including jury trials — and part of the plan is to designate an alternative location to provide social distancing during jury selection. The Fisher County Commissioners approved using the Roby High School auditorium to serve in that capacity during Monday's meeting.

The first meager flurries of snow began to drift to the ground on Saturday evening and accumulated several inches by morning. As the snowfall unpredictably continued to fall throughout Sunday afternoon and temperatures remained well below freezing during the night, Monday was the first official snow day of the year for many area school districts.

The first semester for students at the Texas Tech Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering was to tackle an immediate problem throughout the Texas medical industry, and a solution to the problem recently found its way into the Fisher County Hospital, where Tech engineers retrofitted an additional negative pressure room.