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The Brownfield Board of Trustees met on Thursday with board members Yvonne Rocha, Tim Swaringen, and Cat Gonzalez present along with President Geoff Cooper and Superintendent Chris Smith. Even without a full board present, the board approved changes to the 2021-2022 school calendar.
Read moreLast summer the City of Brownfield was unable to spray the city to help with the mosquito population due to COVID and not having a licensed operator according to Javier Duran, director of Street and Sanitation. The former Publics Work Director and supervisor were the last two licensed operators in the city, and they retired last year. But this year, Duran is working on getting everything done needed to spray for mosquitoes, including getting more licensed operators.
Read moreIn the previous election, Terry County Joint Elections revealed brand new voting machines that were used at Brownfield and Meadow. With the new machines, Terry County Joint Elections Administrator Krystal Valentin went to Commissioners Court and presented the commissioners with the Countywide Polling Place Program. Commissioners voted to apply for the program.
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South Plains Implement representatives Ryan Gentry and Rachel Lewis visited the Commissioner Court on Monday, June 14 to get permission to re-plat their property. The company must ask for a re-plat from the court even if they own the land. The court voted in favor of the re-plat.
Read moreAUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be launching the longawaited Monarch Butterfly conservation license plate on June 21 that will raise money to help conserve monarch butterflies and other native Texas, non-game, at-risk species.
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Max and Rita Murry of Brownfield, Amy Lester of Abernathy and Kevin Lester of Surprise, AZ announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children Morgan Bailee Murry and Zachary Layne Lester. Grandparents are Pauline Murry and the late Ralph Murry of Brownfield, Mary Yarbrough of Wolfforth (formerly of Brownfield) and the late Bailey Yarbrough, and Kay Rainwater of Surprise, AZ. Murry is a 2012 graduate of Brownfield High School, 2015 graduate of McMurry University with a Bachelors in Education, 2019 graduate of Angelo State University with a Masters in School Counselors. She is currently District Counselor for Ralls ISD. Lester is a 2013 graduate of Abernathy High School and a 2020 graduate of Texas Tech University. He is currently employed by TriPoint Substation Services of Lubbock. Following the wedding they will make their home in Lubbock.
Read moreThe Republican leaders of the agriculture committees in Congress are highlighting a new study that confirms Democrats' proposed changes to taxes on inherited property will have a devastating impact on the next generation of family farmers and ranchers.
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At the recent Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Stiles Farm Field Day, producers learned more about how they can tap into this growing trend of the beef production segment. Rather than traditional marketing where beef producers sell their cattle to the local livestock auction or contract directly through a feed yard, they are capitalizing on the opportunity to sell direct from the farm to the consumer.
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