Brownfield Council backs park upgrades and grant plan
The Brownfield City Council approved Texas Parks and Wildlife to assist on a new playground project with the Terry County Recreation Council and accepted a local law enforcement block grant. Police Chief Roy Rice outlined a $13,202 grant, with Terry County sharing half and the city covering a small match. Funds may fund night surveillance or drug equipment, with a two year spending window and council permission to begin the application. Antenna matter also approved.
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Garry Peebles
Brownfield
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Terry County
Roy Rice
Bureau of Justice
Rice
Jerry Johnson
Valor Telecom upgrade causes area phone outages Thursday
Valor Telecom upgraded a traffic multiplexor between Wolfforth and Brownfield to add capacity. The upgrade caused service interruptions Thursday morning with all circuits busy in Brownfield and surrounding towns until about 1 p.m. 911 screens were offline briefly and BRMC faced communication delays, though officials noted the problem was being addressed and cell phones remained usable. The company blamed a software glitch and said technicians would improve traffic handling.
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Brownfield
Lamesa
Ropesville
Meadow
Post
Seagraves
Tohoka
Wilson and
Wolfforth
Valor
Pacity
Cynthia Cruz
Cruz
Rachel Rodriguez
B.P.D
Rodriguez
Brownfield Regional Medical Center
BRMC
Mike Click
Man Arrested in Connection With Aggravated Robbery
Authorities in Roswell New Mexico report James Curtis Roach is in custody on larceny charges and faces Brownfield Texas aggravated robbery and attempted aggravated kidnapping counts. The incident at a Brownfield Best Western on June 5 involved a knife point robbery attempt against an elderly woman who escaped to her car and alerted staff. Brownfield police seek extradition to face charges.
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Roswell
James Curtis Roach
Brownfield
Roach
Brownfield P.D
Australia Victory in Focus at Local Edition
Obituaries note quiet reflections as readers skim pages across the edition. The paper previews a gallery of sections including environment building permits TV guides and classifieds while offering a brief forecast for the weekend. Local forecasts show Saturday 91 with 0 percent, Sunday 96, Monday 97 and 69 for Tuesday.
Walker Recaps Legislative Session In Texas House
Representative Gary L. Walker reflects on the 77th Texas legislative session in a post session interview. He chaired the Land and Resource Management Committee and coauthored HB 7 creating the Office of Rural Community Affairs to centralize rural programs for better local access. The plan calls for moving the office from Austin to rural areas.
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John Trischitti
Gary L. Walker
Texas
House of Representatives
Gary Walker
Walker
Office of Rural Community Affairs
ORAC
Austin
Leaving Cal com offers relocation links and state contrasts
The piece reviews Leaving Cal dot com a new site that links to state homepages and real estate, with polls and a message board. It argues high California costs and power price hikes push migration to other states, citing salary comparisons such as California needing 50 000 to live versus 30 368 in Lubbock.
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California
Cal.com
Texas
Lone Star
Lubbock
Amarillo
Abilene
Midland
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Terry County Park
David Chasteen
Terry County-Brownfield Recreation Council
John Trischitti III
South Plains
Valor Telecom
Aati
TV Guides
Australia
Rep
Lynn Brisendine
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