More than 140 residents of Dawson County currently have active cases of COVID-19, according to the latest information available from the South Plains Public Health District. While Dawson County had been recording an average of age of more than 10 new cases of the virus daily over the past couple of weeks, the health district reported only two new cases here Wednesday. But on Thursday the district tallied 25 new COVID-19 cases among local residents. That boosts the total number of cases confirmed here to 487 since the first virus case was reported in late March. That total represents an increase of 76 new ...