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Government offices and financial institutions will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Emergency Services will operate as normal. The Terry County Courthouse will be closed Thursday and Friday. City Hall will close at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and will close all day Thursday and Friday. The Kendrick Memorial Library will be closed on Thursday and Friday. The library will be open on Wednesday, but the closing time is subject to change. The Post Office will be closed on Thursday and reopen Friday. Lone Star State Bank will close at noon on Wednesday and Friday, close all day on Thursday and be open until noon on Saturday (Drive Thru only) Sundown State Bank will be closed on Thursday and reopen from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. Brownfield Federal Credit Union will close early on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. They will be closed all day Thursday and reopen Friday from 8:30 to noon (drive-thru only). AgTexas Farm Credit Services will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday. They will be closed on Thursday and Friday. Brownfield ISD and Wellman-Union ISD will be closed the week of Thanksgiving. Meadow ISD will be closed on the day of Thanksgiving and the following Friday.
Read moreThe Brownfield City Council met Thursday morning for their regularly scheduled meeting to discuss several items on the agenda. The longest discussion revolved around the agreement with Strategic Government Resources for Executive Recruitment of a new Director of Human Resources as designated in the 2023-2024 fiscal year budget. Council members Kelli Mendez, Celso Duran, J.C Tijerina, Leon Pope, Marshall Martell, Mark Williams and Jimmy Garza were all present on the quorum along with City Manager Jeff Davis, City Secretary Kelly Burris and City Attorney Matt Wade. Mayor Tom Hesse was absent from the meeting.
Read moreThe Texas Retired Teacher Association (TRTA) is pleased to announce the passage of Proposition 9 during the November 2023 General Election. Prop 9 will provide much-needed financial relief for 420,000 annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
Read moreTerry County’s youth has a unique opportunity as Terry County’s 4-H program just started up its grilling games team. The grilling games team gets to learn a life skill, all the while competing against their peers. Terry County 4-H Extension Agent Reed Lovorn elaborated on what the grilling games team has done in the past few months.
Read moreAUSTIN— The annual Texas winter tradition of rainbow trout stocking returns to waterbodies across the state to kick off the holiday season. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will stock thousands of rainbow trout beginning the week of Thanksgiving to give anglers a chance to catch one of these iconic fish.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will begin issuing more than $1.75 billion in emergency relief payments to eligible farmers and livestock producers. These muchneeded payments are helping farming and ranching operations recover following natural disasters in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Read moreis currently accepting donations and is in need of the following: Adult dog food, puppy food, cleaning supplies and leashes. Donations can be dropped off at the Police Station or Terry County Vet. Check out the animals available for adoption by calling the PD and setting up an appointment.
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