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Lawncare doesn’t just affect lawns — it can also impact the water quality in local watersheds. The Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters, or HLHW, program is helping residents better understand that connection to improve water quality and save time and money. Now in its fourth year, this science-based community education program has seen positive results. Participants are adopting many of the management practices taught during workshops and reducing their use of nitrogen and phosphorus.
Read moreMonday: Cheeseburger, french fries, pork-n-beans and dessert
Read moreCity of Brownfield- Public Payment Assistance Program through coronavirus relief funds has been started. First come first serve basis, applications at City Hall.
Read moreThe Terry County Commissioners Court met on Monday to discuss and consider a few items of business and a possible four-day work week for the courthouse. As always after the preliminary call to meeting, invocation, pledges, paying the bills, and approval of minutes from the last meeting the court went to work.
Read moreBrownfield City Council met on Thursday morning in a scheduled meeting. On the agenda were two hearings and two items of zone changing, plus discussion of the new ballpark.
Read moreBrownfield ISD began their professional development days by hosting a special in-service meeting with all staff on Monday morning and included two special people in the crowd. Texas Tech University’s Men’s Head Basketball Coach Chris Beard and his assistant basketball coach and Brownfield native Mark Adams came to town to speak to the BISD staff.
Read moreFor grape harvesters all around the county, and possibly state, 2020 has been a tough year. This year’s harvest produced a low yield. Many things contributed to this year’s low yields, but the main factor was the freeze in October of 2019, known to grapegrowers as the October Massacre. The freeze resulted in a lot of damaged plants, but killed even more. Other factors include the high heat of summer and lack of rain stressing the plants. A storm in June also caused powerlines to fall down on vines, destroying even more plants.
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