NEWS

County commissioners meet Monday

Published

11 years ago

01/09/2016

bowienews

Montague County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Jan. 11 in the courthouse annex.

A variety of items will be taken up by the court from the block grant to pave roads in Montague to insurance issues.

Paperwork for the Texas Community Development Block grant that will fund paving of the primary streets in the county seat of Montague will be presented for review. The county received $275,000 to help pay for the paving, along with engineering fees and grant administration.

A related engineering services agreement also will be reviewed.

The court will consider its 457 deferred compensation plan related to employee insurance. This is an annual resolution connected with the program meeting all Internal Revenue Service requirements.

A preventative maintenance proposals from DLS Detention Lock and Equipment Service is up for action. During the last year repair work was done on doors at the county jail, and this would help maintain those units.

Other items on the agenda will include: Monthly report from the veteran’s service office; bids for two properties in Nocona and Oak Shores Additions; bond for precinct one commissioner; and accept a donation from the Bowie Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8789 to the sheriff’s office.

NEWS

Heat taking its toll on lakes, no rain since June

Published

3 hours ago

08/20/2026

bowienews

It should be no surprise, the month of July is recorded as the hottest month on record for the country.
July wrapped up with seven straight days of 100 degrees or higher July 25-31. August also opened hot with the first 100-plus degree day on Aug. 3 and it has topped that marked through Aug. 19. On Tuesday the high was 107 degrees at the water plant, but in town thermometers recorded 108 and 109 degrees.It was expected to top that mark on Wednesday.
There was no rainfall recorded in July or in August. Bowie has only 21.71 inches for the year so far and Nocona has 22.35 inches.
Lake Amon Carter
Aug. 19 –
917.22 msl, 80.2% full
July 19 – 918.10 msl, 86.1%
Aug. 19, 2025 – 919.84 msl, 98.8% full
Lake is full at 920msl
Lake Nocona
Aug. 19 – 823.48 msl, 76.3% full
July 19 – 824.41 msl, 81.05%
Aug. 19, 2025 – 826.878 msl, 95.85%
Lake full at 827.5msl

NEWS

Incumbents fill area election ballots

Published

3 hours ago

08/20/2026

bowienews

Municipal and school board election filings came to an end on Aug. 17 with almost all ballot positions filled with candidates.
Listed here are those who have filed in the respective races. Write-in candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday to submit that paperwork. If there are no contested races, the entity may cancel its election.

See the full list of candidates in your Thursday Bowie News.

NEWS

CM’s closed session ends with no action

Published

4 hours ago

08/20/2026

bowienews

By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie City Council members finalized the budget and proposed tax rate during its Aug. 11 meeting, but it also convened into a one hour closed session to discuss the city manager’s employment, duties and evaluation.
The council went into closed session at 6:40 p.m. without City Manager Bert Cunningham and he was called in there a little more than 20 minutes later. He came out about 15 minutes later with council returning to open session at 7:37 p.m. and taking no action.
While there was no mention of a specific issue regarding the city manager, during the July 28 meeting there was an incident reported on the TV news.
While a citizen was speaking at the podium during citizen comments, the city manager was seen holding up his phone appearing to be filming the speaker and audience. Mayor Gaylynn Burris could be seen touching his arm and indicating for him to stop.
The citizen, Ethan Trim, said he was not aware of it until afterward, but someone told him Cunningham said he was “trying to make him nervous.” The city staff has made no statement in regard to this topic.

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.