Restricted access to Holt County offices to end next week

The Holt County courthouse, annex and road department office are set to reopen next week.

The county offices, which have had restricted access since March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume normal operations June 8, according to county clerk Cathy Pavel.

The county board of supervisors, when they voted to reopen, left use of masks and social-distancing measures to the discretion of the respective official or department head of each office.

The supervisors will convene as a board of equalization to hear property valuation protests June 16, June 30 and July 16, with July 20 reserved for...