NEWS
Early voting opens Monday for District 68 seat
Early voting for the Jan. 23 special election to fill the District 68 Texas House of Representative seat opens Monday and continues through Jan. 19.
Montague County Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said early voting will be at the same locations as the most recent elections. They include: Montague County Annex Community Room, H.J. Justin Community Room in Nocona, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church, 1400 State Highway 59N.
Ballots may be cast from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday during early voting.
The deadline to submit an application for an absentee balloting is 5 p.m. Jan. 12 in order to make the upcoming vote.
Those eligible to vote absentee are registered voters over the age of 65, disabled, out of the county or confinement to jail.
Find the forms for applying for absentee balloting on the county website: co.montague.tx.us or call the county elections administrator’s office at 894-2540.
Read more on this story in the weekend Bowie News.
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)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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