COUNTY LIFE
More vaccines coming into Montague County
More than 1 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped to providers across Texas next week and for the first time two providers in Montague County will receive vaccines.
For the week of March 8 allocations will go to Faith Community Health Care Clinic in Bowie, 100 doses and Nocona General Hospital, 100 doses.
Neighboring counties’ allocations include: Clay County – Clay County Memorial, 1,000 and Henrietta Pharmacy, 100; Jack County – City Drug, 100 and Jack County Medical Center, 300; Cooke County – Department of Health and Human Services, 100, Family First 100 and North Texas Medical Center, 1,000 and Muenster Memorial, 300; Wise County – Wise Health Boyd, 100; Brookshire’s Bridgeport, 100; Value Rite, 300; Wise Clinic Bridgeport, 100; Wise Surgical, 100; Wise Health and Sports, 100; Wise Health System, 1,000 and Wise Health Clinic, 100.
Across Montague County 2,842 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 2,151 are fully vaccinated. The population of those over the age of 16 eligible for vaccination totals 15,872.
Nocona General Hospital has a vaccination clinic planned for Nov. 12 and began taking appointment calls on Monday. Late Tuesday there were still appointment openings.
Read more on this vaccine story in the mid-week 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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