NEWS

Bowie Firefighters, assisted by several other fire departments battled this fire at Bowie Lumber about 8:45 p.m. on Monday. On arrival there was heavy smoke and flames in the roof and short time later flames […]

Harvey Johnson took the oath of office as Constable Precinct One Thursday morning and will fill out the unexpired term that began Jan. 1.After several months of vacant offices having to be filled, it looks […]

With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration announced its 20th Take Back Day on April 24.At its last Take Back Day in October, the DEA collected a record-high […]

The Bowie City Council presented a proclamation to its electrical lineman during Monday’s meeting. April 18 was proclaimed Lineman Appreciation Day. Mayor Gaylynn Burris shakes hands with Department Head Jay Evans. Linemen include Brian ‘Speedy” […]

Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will meet an hour earlier at 4:30 p.m. for their April 19 board meeting.The early time is to allow the administrators and board to attend the high school […]

By BARBARA GREENeditor@bowienewsonline.comMembers of the Bowie City Council voted Monday to pay $1,277,000 in power charges stemming from the February winter storm event.It was a unanimous vote to take the money out of the infrastructure […]

Staff with the Montague County Sheriff’s office executed a search warrant at a Saint Jo area residence Monday evening seizing more than 430 marijuana plants of various sizes and 25 pounds of processed, ready to […]

More than 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week, and while no new allocations are coming to Montague County providers, drive-through COVID-19 vaccine clinics are planned two […]

Business was brief for the Montague County Commissioner’s Court during its regular Monday meeting.The court approved resolutions and agreements to work with the Texas Department of Transportation on replacing two bridges. TxDOT handles the construction […]

The Texas Department of State Health Services is asking vaccine providers in Texas to pause all administration of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine following today’s recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]