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LUBBOCK — Lubbock district game wardens will be dedicating extra patrol hours and state assets to the mule deer hunting season which occurs in southwestern panhandle counties from Nov. 21 -29.
Read moreBy now most Texans have seen the informative — and often clever — messages above Texas highways on digital message boards that encourage safer driving.
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The project’s lead scientist is Eun Sung Kan, Ph.D., an AgriLife Research biological engineer at the AgriLife Research center at Stephenville with joint appointments in Texas A&M’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and at Tarleton State University. Kan concentrates his research on using a unique biochar he has developed to transform wastewater into water for agricultural needs.
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(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he recently completed the transfer of $2.27 billion into the State Highway Fund (SHF) and the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF; commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund”). Each fund received more than $1.13 billion, or 50 percent of the total transfer.
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there won’t be much traveling this Thanksgiving holiday. Although the busiest day of travel for the year will still be the Sunday after Thanksgiving, it will most likely be less than in the past. It has been encouraged from government and health officials to limit the amount of people gathering in the home over the Thanksgiving break
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As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, coronavirus cases continue to rise. In Terry County, and the Trauma Service Area (TSA) B the COVID-19 hospitalization rate lingers between 25% to 28% daily, with the Brownfield Regional Medical Center (BRMC) ranging between 72% to 85% coronavirus surge med bed capacity. Statewide it is reported there are 12,147 available staffed hospital beds, which includes 844 available staffed ICUs. COVID-19 patients currently occupy 12.1% of total hospital beds.
Read moreThe Brownfield Regional Medical Center board held a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Nov. 23. In new business, the board discussed and approved an electrical change order for the clinic renovation and discussed and approved the 2021 budget. The board approved the reports from the CNO, CEO, CFO, and medical staff.
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On Thursday Nov. 19, at around 11:14 p.m. the Brownfield Police were dispatched to the 500 block of East Buckley in reference to a subject causing trouble. When Sgt. Matt Valdonado arrived, he tried to detain the subject, Robert Salinas Robles, 30 of Brownfield. According to the Brownfield PD. Robles resisted arrest and assaulted Sgt. Valdonado by striking or stabbing his chest area with a glass goblet several times. Robles was taken into custody and transported to the Terry County Law Enforcement Center where he is being held on an $85,350 bond and is being charged with aggravated assault against a public servant, assault class “C” misdeamenor, family violence, and resisting arrest during search or transport with a deadly weapon.
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