NEWS
Fire takes out AT&T U-Verse service across North Texas
The Bowie area was once again without internet service provided by AT&T U-Verse all day Monday and late into the evening.
This outage that began shortly before 10 a.m. Monday and lasted until 10:30 p.m. was attributed to an electrical fire at an AT&T switching station located at 1666 Firman Drive in Richardson. Two fire companies reportedly responded to the call and found a fire in the electrical room. It had started at a power switch and burned primary and backup electrical systems.
AT&T originally tweeted out it was a lightning strike that caused the fire and outage, however, later officials said that could not be confirmed at this time. Firefighters cleared the scene after two hours.
While the outage affected Richardson and into the Dallas area, it also spanned further into north Texas taking out Bowie’s service through U-Verse. It is unclear from AT&T how many internet and TV customers were impacted on Monday.
Throughout Bowie businesses were without internet service to handle credit card transactions and many other tasks that operate through the service. During the past several months Bowie has experienced multiple internet outages that lasted a full day. Some were attributed to cut lines during utility repair projects, while others were never sourced.
By BARBARA GREEN
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A public hearing has been scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on May 28 for the Montague County Commissioner’s Court to present the updated subdivision regulations that have been in the works for several months.
That date was set during Monday’s court session, where a development officer also was named and a state-required notice was approved. The 89-page draft of the subdivision regulations are available on the county website co.montague.tx.us/page/montague.home.
It was August 2019 when the regulations were adopted by the commissioners after much debate among water well drillers, groundwater district staff and directors, realtors and land developers.
During those original discussions water issues lead the way as many counties especially around heavily populated urban areas are experiencing water shortages and possible contamination due to an inadequate number of houses and wells or even the use of a public water system in the rural areas.
Charley Lanier, who has been working as a grant officer for the county, was named to be the subdivision development officer. After a brief 10-minute executive session, the court named Lanier who they said would be the “initial contact” for all developers who will accept all paperwork and plats.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City of Bowie water and street crews repair a broken water line in the area of Walnut and Smythe last week, along with repairing a large pot hole in the same area. (Photo by Barbara Green)
Bowie Intermediate School students, staff and families enjoyed a “STAAR” Party on April 18 celebrating the hard work of all preparing for STAAR testing as well as other year’s successes. There were about 200 students and parents attending to enjoy the activities that included telescopes provided through the 3Rivers Foundation. It was a clear night perfect for star gazing, there also was an outdoor movie and other activities. (BIS courtesy photos)
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