NEWS

Updated: TxDOT announces possible lane closures on I-35

Published

9 years ago

05/19/2017

updated May 20, 2017 – FORT WORTH – Due to potential rain in the forecast, the following lane closures have been updated for this weekend. Weather permitting, the I-35W southbound mainlanes will be closed at Heritage Trace Parkway from approximately 6 a.m. to noon Saturday. During that time, southbound motorists will be detoured to the frontage road at Heritage Trace Parkway and back to the mainlanes at North Tarrant Parkway. Southbound will also be reduced to one lane from Western Center Boulevard to I-820 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

In addition, I-35W northbound will reduced to one lane from I-820 to Heritage Trace Parkway from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

All of this work is dependent on the weather and is subject to change.

Expect delays. Alternate routes are encouraged. For information about all current and upcoming lane closures for I-35W, visit www.northtarrantexpress.com.

POST MAY 19, 2017

Weather permitting, the I-35W northbound mainlanes will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, May 19 to 6 a.m. Monday, May 22 for construction activities. Northbound motorists will be detoured to the frontage road at Western Center Boulevard and back to the mainlanes at Heritage Trace Parkway.

In addition, the I-35W southbound mainlanes will be closed at Heritage Trace Parkway from approximately 6 a.m. to noon Saturday. During that time, southbound motorists will be detoured to the frontage road at Heritage Trace Parkway and back to the mainlanes at North Tarrant Parkway. Southbound will be reduced to one lane from US 81/287 to I-820 from noon to 9 p.m. Expect delays. Alternate routes are encouraged. For information about all current and upcoming lane closures for I-35W, visit www.northtarrantexpress.com.

TxDOT appreciates the patience of motorists, and encourages attention to all warning signs within the construction work zone while crews work diligently to complete this work as quickly and as safely as possible.

NEWS

Rains bring relief to parched county

Published

5 hours ago

10/08/2026

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After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.

NEWS

Data centers worrying citizens

Published

6 hours ago

10/08/2026

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.

Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.