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The Terry County Commissioners Court met Monday for a regular scheduled meeting where the agenda took on the monthly reports.
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Brownfield is a special place for many people. Let’s get to know some of our friends and neighbors.
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Local farmer Kirk Martin, president of the West Texas Young Farmers Association wrote a letter to U.S. District 19 House Rep. Jodey Arrington and requested to be involved with the restrictions that the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals placed on the dicamba herbicide. On June 3 the Ninth Circuit vacated the federal registration of three dicamba herbicide products that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had allowed for use. This became an instant controversy for farmers and producers all over the U.S.
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Josh Conner, originally from Midlothian, was hired as Meadow High School’s varsity boys football coach and athletic director. He began his tenure on July 1.
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According to the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) more than 320 miles of state roadways are scheduled for preventative maintenance work during the months of July and August. The roads are part of the Lubbock district’s 2020 sealcoat program.
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I am thirty-one years older than my daughter. I recently told her, “The world you are living in is much different than the one I imagined for you.”
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The COVID-19 virus cases continue to rise in Terry County. Total cases are now at 47 with 24 active and 23 recoveries. There has not been any information given as to where cases 5 through 47 have come from only small details as far as age ranges. There have been no Terry County cases or patients placed in the hospital and no deaths reported due to the coronavirus. According to the Texas Dept. of State Health Services 313 tests have been administered to Terry County residents, or 2.5% of the Terry County population and 15% of those tested were confirmed COVID-19 cases.
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On Tuesday, July, 7 Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath released additional guidance concerning schools reopening for the fall semester. Through the past several weeks the debate as to whether or not students and faculty should go back to school, specifically in-house has become contentious.
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