NEWS
Incumbents filling Nocona election slots
Filing for the Nocona area May 6 elections will end at 5 p.m. on Feb. 17.
City, school district and hospital districts in Nocona all will have elections. The remainder of entities in Montague County moved their elections to November.
For the Nocona City Council, incumbent Mayor Robert Fenoglio filed for the race as did Councilmen Tom Horn and Donnie Davis.
In the Nocona Independent School District election, place five has drawn a newcomer, J.W. Patterson. No one has filed for place seven.
Incumbents are Len Dinger and Brad Breeze. The board called its election during a Monday meeting.
For the Nocona Hospital District, all four incumbents have filed for the ballot: Charles Brown, Chris Keck, Ken Koontz and Melissa Murphey.
Gold-Burg ISD – Dismiss at 12:45 p.m. on Jan 23
Bellevue ISD – Dismiss at noon on Jan 23
Nocona ISD – Dismiss at 1 p.m on Jan. 23
Prairie Valley ISD – Dismiss at 1 p.m. on Jan 23
Forestburg ISD – Dismiss at 1 pm.
This list will be updated as the districts post their information on the Region 9 weather notification system
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Jan. 27 in council chambers.
In the city manager’s report Bert Cunningham will report on the Texas Water Development Board grant program and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality grant program.
In old business, the council will have the second reading of a pair of ordinance related to a swap of land related to the construction and location of a new lift station. There also is a second reading for a budget amendment related to grant funds.
Three appointments will be considered for the planning and zoning commission. Police Chief Guy Green will present the annual racial profiling report.
Automatic aid agreements between the Sunset Volunteer Fire Department and Bowie Rural VFD will be examined. The council also will consider donating funds to the Helen Farabee Center for opioid-related treatment in Montague County.
Members of the Nocona City Council made four re-appointments, reluctantly accepted an increase in solid waste costs and set up an agenda policy during its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 13.
As 2026 opened Britton Brooks, municipal court judge, and Cindy McCracken, municipal court clerk, were named to a new term of service.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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