NEWS

New ER in Bowie will impact many facets of the community

Published

3 years ago

08/25/2021

By BARBARA GREEN
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It was exciting news this weekend as Faith Community Health System announced it is making plans to provide emergency medical services to the Bowie area in its old hospital, and local officials said they were glad to see the news was out after several months of discussion.
Frank Beaman, chief executive officer of FCHS, said Friday the ER project has been in the planning stage for the past eight months as they evaluated how to bring “essential and convenient medical care” to Bowie.
Bowie has been without a full-service hospital since Central Hospital of Bowie closed its doors in February 2020. Faith Community has been operating the rural health clinic in Bowie since 2018. The district also owns clinics in Alvord, Graham and Jacksboro.

Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham said they have had several groups look at the building during the last year or so and those conversations have been ongoing as they were referred to the Bowie Economic Development Corporation.

“Frank contacted us, so we set up a meeting with myself, Mayor Gaylynn Burris and BEDC Director Janis Crawley. The city has made no deal in this project, it is a private concern, however, we do want to assist them where possible,” Cunningham said.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

NEWS

Rain runoff still helping lakes fill

Published

11 hours ago

05/08/2024

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Runoff from the ongoing spring rains are bringing great benefits for Montague County lakes as they continue to slowly rise.
Lake levels
Amon G. Carter
May 7 – 100% full,
920.86 msl
April 30 – 100% full,
920.68 msl
Lake is full at 920 msl

Lake Nocona
May 7 – 83.7% full,
824.79 msl
April 30 – 73.1% full,
822.91 msl
Lake full at 827.5 msl

NEWS

Pending litigation leads to executive session

Published

11 hours ago

05/08/2024

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Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court face a lengthy agenda when they meet at 9 a.m. on May 13.
An executive session is listed for deliberation on pending litigation. The court also will begin the preliminaries of budget planning with a workshop.
The court will review an engagement letter with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming to conduct the annual outside audit.
The sheriff’s office staff will submit several items lead by a request to purchase a radio console for dispatch, along with a memo of understanding between Flock Safety and the SO and an application for participation with the Law Enforcement Support Office.
Commissioners will finally close out the Federal Emergency Management Agency project 4223 for county flood damage during the spring of 2015.

Read the full story on all the agenda topics in the mid-week Bowie News.

NEWS

Bowie BISD bond vote fails, 73% say no

Published

11 hours ago

05/08/2024

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By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie Independent School District trustees said they wanted a mandate one way or another in regard to the $65.8 million bond proposal, which was one of multiple reasons it went back on the ballot.
While voter turnout out was smaller than the Nov. 7, 2023 election, the mandate was clear as 73.28% of voters said no to the bond. Trustees had hoped a massive education campaign and a single issue election would boost voter turnout, however, that was not the case.
BISD asked voters to reconsider the same $65.8 million proposal that failed 855-1,079 last November. In that Nov. 7 election 1,934 people voted.
On May 4 there were 1,785 total voters, 149 less than in the fall. There were 477 votes supporting the bond and 1,308 saying no. The bond failed by 831 votes with only 26.72% saying yes.
Forestburg ISD asked voters to consider a pair of infrastructure centered bonds and the results were close. The most recent bond election for FISD was in 2018 and it failed 301-195.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.