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Sam Holbrooks: Thinking Out Loud: Shorts

5 years 2 months ago

Buried in the numbers on the now famous Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Case Tracker are some that seem to completely defy conventional wisdom about what we know about the terror-inducing COV- ID-19 virus and its spread across the world’s populations. It also lends some credence to the argument that the hesitance of the World Health Organization (taking their cues from the Chinese government), and the Center For Disease Control, is highly suspect.

Governor’s order mandates wearing of face masks in public

5 years 2 months ago

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on July 2 issued an executive order to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus while keeping Texas as open as possible for business.

No Easy Fix For 2020 PEA Winners

5 years 2 months ago

Peanut farmers have no panaceas available to assure top yields and high grades. The best ones, including the four 2020 Farm Press Peanut Efficiency award winners, follow finely tuned production systems tailored to specific growing conditions.

Summer Weather Is Here

5 years 2 months ago

From the looks of it it’s going to be a hot July 4 weekend. The hottest temperatures compared to average in the United States will be from the Great Lakes into the upper Mississippi Valley and the Dakotas.

Concrete work for the new

5 years 2 months ago

Concrete work for the new Brownfield High School has officially begun. The local concrete crew, primarily of Brownfield, began pouring the concrete for the footage of the school early Thursday morning. Pictured above is the foundation of what will soon become the High School’s Gymnasium. The concrete, mostly from Brownfield itself, is a part of the Package Two process. During the Package Two process, the crew will continue to pour large amounts of concrete on a weekly basis for many weeks to come, preparing the foundation for Package Three to begin once that job is completed. Package Three will include the construction process.

Governor Abbott Establishes Statewide Face Covering Requirement, Issues Proclamation To Limit Gatherings

5 years 2 months ago

Governor Greg Abbott today issued an Executive Order requiring all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases, with few exceptions. The Governor also issued a proclamation giving mayors and county judges the ability to impose restrictions on some outdoor gatherings of over 10 people, and making it mandatory that, with certain exceptions, people cannot be in groups larger than ten and must maintain six feet of social distancing from others.