NEWS
Citizens share their anger with Bellevue School board on wind farm development
By BARBARA GREEN
The Bellevue School gym is usually filled with enthusiastic Eagles’ fans, but Tuesday night it was filled with more than 125 angry residents, the majority who do not want wind farms in Clay or neighboring Montague Counties.
School trustees provided an open forum for citizens to make their opinions public and out of the 20 citizens speaking only one offered support for the wind farm development. Officials with Apex Clean Energy spoke to the board, as did a representative of the Clay County Against Wind Farms group.
The Black Angus Wind project plans to produce 270 megawatts of electricity with the majority of the farm’s location in Bellevue Independent School District with a portion in neighboring Bowie ISD.
This new development would follow on the heels of the Shannon Wind Farm that went on line in December 2015 with 119 wind turbines spreading out across more than 10,000 acres in the southwest corner of the county producing 204 MW. Its construction was funded with the assistance of tax abatements from Midway ISD and Clay County. The farm is valued at $3 million.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
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A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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