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The Terry County Board of Commissioners met Monday to discuss several topics on the agenda. The longest discussion centered around the maintenance of county road 610.
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Read moreWith Valentine’s Day creeping up the Brownfield News pulled an article from theverge.com to help anyone with last minute shopping for their valentine.
Read moreBrownfield ISD hosted a Title III Parent event titled “Enhancing Educational Supports” Wednesday morning at Colonial Heights Elementary. Title III helps ensure children who are learning English become proficient in the language and develop academically. According to NASSP.org, Title III also continues to promote parental, family, and community participation in language instruction educational programs for the parents, families, and communities of English learners. While accountability for the progress of English learners has been folded into Title I, along with all other student subgroups, Title III still remains the dedicated formula funding to states to improve the education of English learners and immigrant youth to learn English and meet challenging state academic standards and to implement effective language instruction programs.
Read morePitch made for new power plants Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston.
Read moreAverage gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 4.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.77/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 13.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 17.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 6.9 cents in the last week and stands at $3.99 per gallon.
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