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Terry County Sr. Center going to be open to the public starting May 1st. At this time, we are not sure we will re-open the dining room for the noon meal.
Read moreWho do you buckle up for is a question asked by the Kailee Mills Foundation, an organization established in memory of 16-year-old Kailee Mills who lost her life in 2017 in a crash when she unbuckled for a moment to take a selfie with her friend in
Read moreMemorial Day is the last Monday of May each year and is the official start of the summer season. Memorial Day events usually consist of barbeques and picnics as this is a family celebration day.
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Left to Right: Erasmo Gonzales and Cat Gonzalez, representatives of Noons Lions Club, work on making pancakes for the Pancake Breakfast thrown by the Brownfield Noon Lions. The pancake breakfast was held at the Coleman Park Amphitheater on Saturday, May 22 starting at 8 a.m. Noon Lions’ 2021 Harvest Festival Queen candidate Gabby Gonzalez greeted those who attended the pancake breakfast. Channing Floyd enjoying the pancake breakfast.
Read moreLast year County Road 351 was damaged by one of Aaron Thompson’s farmhands, when he drove on the road with a cattle disc and the disc fell on the road creating grooves for eight-tenths of a mile. Thompson’s insurance worked with the county after the incident and paid the county $42,000 according to Precinct 4 commissioner Ernesto Elizardo. Having that money Elizardo asked for bids to fix the road, and the commissioners, on Monday, May 24 received three bids from Earth Movers, Daley’s Superior Asphalt, and Top Dog Road Maintenance. Earth Movers submitted a bid with two options, stating there were 4,224 feet or eight-tenths of a mile of damaged road. The first base bid came out to $91,963.40 and option two was $140,503. Option one is having two courses of seal coats over the existing surface. The second option is a full-depth reclamation with two courses of seal coats.
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For the first quarter of 2021, the state has seen unemployment stay steady until April when it dropped to 6.3 percent, a full one percent decrease from January. In the first three months of the year, the not adjusted unemployment rate has been in the seven percent range with the highest being 7.5 percent in February. April is the first time unemployment has dropped below seven percent.
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