A year with COVID-19

Then and now along the Double Mountains

  • Brittnay Gonzalez takes Mike Bookman and his daughter's order during their lunch rush at Hickman's Restaurant, now open to full capacity since Gov. Abbott lifted restrictions earlier this month in the efforts to reopen Texas 100 percent.
    Brittnay Gonzalez takes Mike Bookman and his daughter's order during their lunch rush at Hickman's Restaurant, now open to full capacity since Gov. Abbott lifted restrictions earlier this month in the efforts to reopen Texas 100 percent.
  • A year with COVID-19
    A year with COVID-19

    Although the CDC first categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, a year and two weeks ago, it was during this week last year when residents of the Double Mountain region felt the impact of the virus. At the time, the state of Texas had reported 18 positive cases.

    Less than a week after the CDC’s announcement, the City of Lubbock confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19. Less than two weeks a…