NEWS
Bowie City Council candidates answer tough questions
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
This is part one of a two-part story from Thursday night’s Bowie City Council Political Forum. See part two in the mid-week Bowie News.
A small group of citizens attended Thursday night’s political forum for Bowie City Council candidates just a few days before early voting begins in the Nov. 3 election.
Longtime Bowie resident and supporter Margin Latham served as moderator asking the candidates a series of nine prepared questions. The evening also was opened up for audience questions at the end. Dillon Steen organized the forum. About 25 people were in the audience which included several city staff members, councilors and citizens.
Candidates participating were: Incumbent Councilor Laura Hefley, precinct one; Kristi Bates, precinct two; Glenda Durham and Terry Gunter, both in precinct three. Tawni Jones, candidate in precinct one, was unable to attend reported Steen as she was working out of town.
The questions spanned all the familiar topics of taxes, finances, streets, utility rates and development, but the list also tackled if the candidates were prepared for the work involved with serving a full term and how they would improve the city’s image in public and social media.
Read part one of this story in the weekend Bowie News and watch for part two Wednesday.
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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