NEWS

Bowie Memorial Hospital board meets with employees, closing begins with Walk-in Clinic

Published

11 years ago

11/07/2015

By BARBARA GREEN

It was a crushing day for Bowie Memorial Hospital Wednesday as the board met with employees to thank them for their service and announced it will begin the closing process at a Monday meeting.

The board had hoped to move forward with creating a new hospital district, but on Tuesday voters overwhelmingly said no. The ballots came in with 1,548 for the proposition for a district to include Bowie and Gold-Burg Independent School Districts and 1,732 against.

The proposition failed with 53 percent voting no and a 184 vote difference.

Through tears and pain the board announced plans to begin the closing process. An official board meeting to outline those timelines will take place at 4 p.m. Monday. The Walk-in Clinic was closed Wednesday and new patient admissions stopped on Thursday.

Pictured: Board Chairman Tim Winn flanked by board members talks with the first of two employees meetings on Wednesday. (Photo by Barbara Green)

Precinct results for the Bowie Memorial Hospital election

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

21 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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28 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.