NEWS

Hospital district petitions circulating; Gold-Burg ISD added to proposal

Published

11 years ago

07/04/2015

Petitions are now being circulated that support a request from Bowie Memorial Hospital for the county commissioners to call a tax district election.

Lynn Heller, interim chief executive officer for Bowie Memorial, completed the petitions and made them available to the public Wednesday.

The petition requires at least 100 qualified signatures of registered voters in either Bowie or Gold-Burg School Districts, which are the boundaries of the proposed hospital district.

Heller said this petition does not state a specific tax rate, but does state the district shall impose a property tax that shall not exceed .40 cents per $100 in property value. No sales or use tax shall be imposed.

Heller said he would like to have them back to the hospital by July 8 so they can be put together for submission to the county judgeto begin the verification process. BMH would like to get the hearing before the commissioners as soon as possible.

Read full story on the petition and the proposed hospital district boundaries that now include Gold-Burg ISD and Bowie ISD in the weekend News.

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

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6 minutes ago

11/05/2026

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Montague County voters joined the rest of the state with a tremendous turnout in Tuesday’s elections.
The elections administration office reported with all 10 precincts counted a turnout of 56.01% or 8,732 casting ballots. There are 15,591 registered voters in the county.
While there were no county contested races, there were two city council and two school board elections.
The Bowie City Council has three places on the ballot. Laura Sproles, incumbent, was not challenged for her place two.
Levi Bailey won the precinct one seat with 925 votes. Valerie Thomerson received 328 votes.
In precinct three, Terry Gunter won with 1,027 votes and Glenda Durham was second with 383

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

NEWS

Nocona teen dies after apolice chase

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13 minutes ago

11/05/2026

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A 15-year-old Nocona boy was killed in a crash following a law enforcement pursuit just after midnight on Nov. 1.
Sgt. Aaron Brandle, public information officer with the Montague County Sheriff’s office, said the crash occurred on Nov. 1 at around 12:21 a.m.
The vehicle in the pursuit crashed in the 3600 block of Cardwell Road in Montague County. The juvenile was the sole occupant of the vehicle and was ejected as a result of the crash.
The release states responding law enforcement personnel immediately initiated life-saving measures at the scene. The juvenile was subsequently transported to Nocona General Hospital, where despite continued life-saving efforts, he was pronounced deceased.

While the authorities have not publicly identified the deceased, several community efforts have been launched to assist the family of AR “Mando” Alcantar, a sophomore at Nocona High School. Students and staff also have taken steps to remember the popular young man.

A Gofundme account also has been sent up under the name Small Town, Big Hearts – Help support the Alcantar Family. It was organized by Kelsey Cabrera.

(Top photo – AR “Mando” Alcantar)

Read the full report in the Thursday Bowie News.

The Bowie News staff apologizes for the error in spelling of the the young man’ s name in the print edition. It stated “Mondo” and that was incorrect. We did not find the error until after press time.