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At the Terry County Commissioners court meeting on Monday, on the agenda to be discussed and possibly approved was whether or not the county offices, such as the courthouse and county annex, should go to a four-day workweek and to change the funeral timeoff policy. However, before the court could allow the four-day workweek or funeral time-off, the county employee handbook needs to be amended.
Read moreThe Terry Co. Commissioners Court held their first meeting of December via Zoom with reports and fireworks on the agenda. After the call to order, invocation, pledges, and reading of the minutes, the court went into their agenda.
Read moreThe Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation (BIDCorp) met Monday afternoon Dec. 14, in their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss finances, sales tax revenue, and the continuation of bringing in an RV dealership and service company.
Read moreAUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is offering extended office hours at participating driver license (DL) offices across the state, beginning in 2021. Starting Jan. 4, office hours at the designated offices will be expanded to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday. (Current business hours at those offices are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Customers can begin making appointments for these new time slots immediately.
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The way 2020 has been going, someone was bound to bring some cheer to the community. That person is Ashley Martin of Brownfield. She graduated from BHS in 2005 and is a stay-at-home mom. However, not long ago she was looking at video on the social media site Tik Tok and saw where people were spreading Christmas cheer by painting Christmas scenes and decorations on windows.
Read moreIn the latest COVID-19 virus reports according to the Texas Dept. of State Health Services (DSHS), the average number of new cases in the state have decreased slightly, hospitalizations have increased, and the average new fatalities have also increased.
Read moreOn Thursday the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced the A-F ratings would be paused for the 2020-21 school year due to the ongoing disruptions associated with COVID-19. However, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test will proceed for the 2020-21 school year. TEA says it will be used to provide critically important information about individual students learning so teachers and parents can use it to help students grow. There are some school districts that incorporate the STAAR results into teacher evaluations, however, TEA is providing flexibility to allow those districts to remove that element this school year.
Read moreTerry County saw its daily high of confirmed COVID-19 cases with 46 on Wednesday, Dec. 9. According to the South Plains Public Health District (SPPHD), this is the record for Terry Co. on daily confirmed cases. In a previous Brownfield News issue dated Dec. 9 it was reported that Friday, December 4 Terry County saw its highest daily confirmed COVID-19 cases with 48. According to the SPPHD that was a two-day count.
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