COUNTY LIFE
City responds to clean-up calls, expands scheduled
The City of Nocona has responded to calls from its citizens to expand opportunities for clean-up efforts and increased the hours of the central recycling center.
Earlier in September a large group of citizens and community advocates filled the city council chamber urging the city council to approve its request for expanded hours as part of an overall Keep Nocona Beautiful campaign.
The city staff was directed to work on expanding the availability of the refuse site and this week a new schedule began going to four, half-days a week.
The central recycling center has been operating for the past several years, but was open only on Saturday mornings. Located at 1197 Airport Road, this center includes a dumpster for household trash which requires a fee, a brush pile, a recyclables container and a metal container. The city pays for pick-up of the dumpsters and in the past has received a grant to pay for part of it.
Expanding the hours use of the facility will be monitored for any time or day adjustments, as well as use by citizens reports the city staff.
The new days will be Monday, 8 a.m. to noon; Wednesday, 1-5 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. These days may be subject to weather. These new hours began on Sept. 16. Read the full story in your weekend Bowie News.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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