County approves credit line for West Texas Children's Centre
County commissioners passed a motion to set up a three month operating expense line of credit for the West Texas Children’s Centre after prior Brownfield approval. WTCC President Bill McGowan II outlined licensing delays, shortages, and bureaucratic roadblocks hindering full operation and requested a similar credit line to cover ongoing deficits.
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Terry County
West Texas Children’s Centre
Commissioners
Brownfield Industrial Development Corporation
WTCC
Brownfield News
Bynum Lane
Wtcc Board
Bill McGowan II
Bidcorp
McGowan
City Manager uses graphs to explain budget
City Manager Dick Fletcher outlined Brownfield's budget at a City Council meeting. He described funds including General Fund, Water and Sewer, Power and Light, and garbage, noting each must balance. He said Electric, Water and Sewer, and Garbage show expenses that are offset by revenue from their accounts, causing $1,450,000 to be counted twice. He explained past councils avoided tax increases and used utility revenues to boost the General Fund without raising taxes.
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Mitch Word
Brownfield
Dick Fletcher
City Hall
Fletcher
City Budget Projections Highlight Revenue and Cost Gaps
Fletcher notes removing transfers would cut the budget to 9.6 million. Without funded programs like Water and Sewer, Garbage, Court Residential Treatment Center, and Brownfield Intermediate Sanction Facility, the tax supported balance shrinks to 3.7 million. He presents pre-chart graphs detailing revenue and expenses, starting with revenue breakdowns for the city's coffers.
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Fletcher
Court
Brownfield
Why the Chicken Crossed the Road and Odd Laws
A light column recounts odd laws still on books nationwide and riffs on courtesy in signaling while driving. It cites Memphis red flag laws for women drivers, bans on singing in bathtubs in Pennsylvania, and peculiar rules in Utah, Georgia, and Kansas, arguing lawmakers should repeal outdated statutes.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jonesboro
Georgia
Texas
Idaho
Denver
Devon
Conn
Kansas
Pocatello
San Francisco
Germany
Kirkland
Ill
Brownfield
Pennsylvania
Wilbur
Wash
Seattle
Greene
Elrod marks 25 years as weather watcher in Brownfield
Earl Elrod Brownfield’s City Inspector serves as Emergency Management Coordinator and Cooperative Observer for the National Weather Service marking a 25 year weather watch. He helps monitor local conditions, relaying data for regional forecasts and alerts.
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Brownfield
Earl Elrod
National Weather Service
Elrod
Lubbock
Andy Anderson
Johnny Wallace
Mitch Word
NWS
Name In The News A Good Neighbor
Dolores Lemon activities director at South Plains Health Care Center is featured for her dedication to residents. She creates memory‑based activities, coordinates family events, and often spends extra time with each resident, arranging outings and social time.
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Dolores Lemon
South Plains Health Care Center
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Children's Centre
Youth For Tomorrow
Nanette Peterson
Austin
Pruitt
G. Dwayne Pruitt
Robert Duncan
South 14Th Street
Seagraves Highway
James Thorpe
Levelland
14Th Street
Harold Lynn Pigg
BRMC
Pigg
Scott Isbell
Jeff Rolan
Darwin Huston
Roy Rice
Mike Bean
Roger Baker
Garry Peebles
Lynn Brisendine
Armadillo
Utah
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