Like just about everyone else, Josh Stevens and Foy O’Brien hope to never again see a year like this past one. “I want to put 2020 to rest and move forward with a fresh 2021 – and not look back,” O’Brien said this past week. Although they aren’t in the healthcare business, O’Brien and Stevens could certainly be considered on the front line of COVID-19 in Lamesa and Dawson County. Stevens, Lamesa’s mayor, and O’Brien, the Dawson County Judge, were involved in making a number of decisions that affected everyday life here when COVID arrived. Stevens also became the face of the local ...