© 2017 The Brownfield News. All rights reserved. All items contained in this newspaper are property of the Brownfield News. MEMBER Texas Press Association 2017 Download for free in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store! IN THE IN THE NEWS NEWS (USPS...
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© 2017 The Brownfield News. All rights reserved. All items contained in this newspaper are property of the Brownfield News. MEMBER Texas Press Association 2017 Download for free in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store! IN THE IN THE NEWS NEWS (USPS 067-880) 75¢ 12 PAGES - PLUS SUPPLEMENTS VOLUME 110, NO 08 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017 www.brownfieldonline.com 88 ( (USPS 067-8 (USPS 067- BROWNFIELD NEWS THE THE Please see COUNTY...Page 4 SMOKE SIGNALS SMOKE SIGNALS Wind gusts of almost 40 miles per hour helped to push a thick plume of white smoke over Brownfield Tuesday after a mountain of cotton burrs caught fire just before noon west of the city, near Chip Berry Produce on the Plains Highway. The high winds blew the acrid smoke directly over the city, prompting numerous worried calls to the police and fire departments from residents who reported smelling the smoke and not knowing the source. At press time the fire still burned and the smoke still blanketed the city. Texas has
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