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The Brownfield baseball team traveled to Lubbock High on Thursday, July 1 for its final game in the summer league schedule. The Cubs and the Westerners played for the second time in the summer league with the first played in Brownfield. The Cubs took an early lead in the top of the first but watched as the home team went on to claim the lead and get a second win.
Read moreThe Texas Water Development Board released its weekly water conditions update on the drought and it showed a vast improvement for West Texas and Terry County. The current rainfall has improved the drought conditions, TWDB has seen a 10 percent decrease throughout the state in the last month and 65 percent since April.
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Read moreThe Brownfield Zoning Board of Adjustments was able to get the board together to listen to a resident’s request for a variance to build a carport on their property. The board heard from two parties the homeowner and his plans for the carport and the owner of the property next door. The home in question is on the corner of East Buckley Street and South Cedar Street, and using Google Maps the board was able to see the property. Before listening to the homeowner, and owner of the house next door, City Manager Jeff Davis told the board that under the city ordinance you are not allowed to have a carport unless there is one on the same side or opposing lot. The homeowner will be the first to have a carport in the neighborhood if allowed.
Read moreA Ford Platinum Super duty pickup truck driving southbound on 62/385 lost control, went into the median, causing it to overturn and come to rest on the northbound side due to hydroplaning on Friday, July 2. The driver of the vehicle was not taken to the hospital but was tended to by EMT workers on site. The Brownfield Fire Department and Terry County Sheriff were on site making sure traffic continued smoothly as workers made the effort to get the vehicle off its side and towed.
Read moreHave you seen the movie Awakenings with Robin Williams? The movie came out in 1990 and is based on a true story about victims of an encephalitis epidemic that left people in a catatonic state. Dr. Oliver Sacks tried a new drug regimen that offered the prospect of reviving the people from their unconscious state. One thing Dr. Sacks said of his experience that I’ve never forgotten is: “Every human being has an inner person who needs to be awakened regardless of what we can see on the outside.”
Read moreTerry Co. Retired Teachers Association - meets every first Tuesday of the month. Currently meeting through Zoom. For more info please contact Judy Kennedy by email ladycub3@gmail.com
Read moreLUBBOCK, Texas — June 19, 2021 — Breaking a century-old tradition in the name of health and safety, the largest convention organization in the world has moved its annual in-person event to a virtual format for the second time in as many years, canceling nearly 6,000 conventions in 240 lands.
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