NEWS
Public meeting on U.S. 82 options set in Nocona Feb. 1
A Feb. 1 public meeting in Nocona will explore plans to extend a divided four-lane highway from Nocona west to Henrietta along U.S. Highway 82.
The meeting, presented by the Texas Department of Transportation, will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Nocona Community Center, 912 W. U.S. Highway 82.
TxDOT officials will be present at the meetings, which has an open house come-and-go format.
Some of the options in the plans include a bypass around Nocona and Henrietta. A public hearing was conducted in Henrietta on Tuesday.
Montague County Commissioners have sent a letter urging TxDOT to drop any bypass option around Nocona.
Nocona entities including the city, school board and economic development corporation, are preparing similar letters.
At a preliminary meeting with local elected officials, TxDOT staff said this is the best chance for funding the highway project since the early 1980s when the first half of the highway was done.
The original proposal was a four-lane highway from Gainesville to Henrietta; however, once it got through the Nocona city limits it stalled and never started again.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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