Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Small business owners face big problems

I feel terribly sorry for the hundred thousand Americans who’ve lost their lives to the coronavirus.

I also feel sorry for all the small business owners in the country who have become innocent victims of the government’s mishandled war on COVID-19.

They worked long and hard to start up their local restaurants, coffee shops, clothing stores, hair salons, health spas, book stores and pet groo...