Over the weekend, Terry County and parts of West Texas received some much-needed rain and relief from the current drought. The relief came in the form of showers from the North American monsoon, monsoon season begins on June 15 and ends September 30 according to AccuWeather.
Read moreIt was an unusual meeting for the commissioners Monday. Normally, the commissioners have around 10 agenda items but in this meeting, there were only four items on the agenda. The court met and approved the minutes of the last meeting, and took the most important action of the meeting, approved paying the county bills. After paying the bills the court adjourned to reconvene at the next meeting scheduled for July 12.
Read moreThis Independence Day, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Watch UR BAC program, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) want to remind drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving.
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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.
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