Tekoa pool expected to open June 28

TEKOA – The Tekoa pool is opening for the first time in two years on June 28 due to state COVID protocols and maintenance issues.

The city pool normally opens on June 12, the last day of school, and remains open until the third week of August. It was closed in 2019.

"We are still under COVID protocols and as a board, we are in the process of navigating changing guidelines on reopening a public pool," stated the Tekoa Parks and Recreation Board on June 5. "The state has put out a 20-page directive telling us exactly what is expected of us."

Conditions are dependent on the COVID phase for the co...