NEWS
Early balloting opens slow on Monday
Early balloting for the Jan. 23 special election for the District 68 Texas House of Representative’s seat opened Monday and will run through Jan. 19.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said it was a slow opening with only 34 voters casting ballots. She also said while Jan. 18 is a county holiday for Martin Luther King’s birthday, the voting centers will remain open on Monday.
Early voting is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Montague County Annex Community Room, H.J. Justin Community Room in Nocona, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
Four Republicans and one Democrat are battling it out for the seat. They are Republicans John Berry, Jacksboro; Jason Brinkley, Gainesville; Craig Carter, Nocona and David Spiller, Jacksboro. The Democrat is Charles D. Gregory, Childress.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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