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Primary runoff finally arrives on Tuesday
After delays due to the Coronavirus, the two main political parties in Texas will finalize their November ballot as the party primary runoff election takes place on July 14.
Early voting for the postponed primaries came to an end last Friday where by noon 500 had cast their ballots early. Ginger Wall, county elections administrator, said voters will practice social distancing as the machines are set up accordingly. Each voter gets a one-use stylus and sneeze guards have been installed between machines.
While Montague County as of Friday was exempt from mandated mask wearing, voters are certainly welcome to wear a mask said Wall.
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at four locations in the county: Montague Courthouse Annex Community Room, Bible Baptist Church in Bowie, H.J. Justin Community Center in Nocona and Saint Jo Civic Center.
Montague County operates under a county-wide voting system, which means citizens may cast ballots at any of the four locations, not just their specific community.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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