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Early voting opens with 99 ballots cast on opening day

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Early voting for the Nov. 2 general election opened Monday at four locations across Montague County, but tallied only 99 voters.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said things opened smoothly at the locations at the Montague County Community Room in the courthouse annex at Montague, Nocona Community Center, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bible Baptist Church in Bowie.
Voting locations will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday -Friday. Remember voters can cast ballots at any of the voting locations due to the county-wide voting access.
Wall reminds voters on Oct. 26 the voting day will be extended from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all four locations. Early voting continues through Oct. 29.
Also the deadline to submit an application to request a ballot by mail is Oct. 22. Those applications are available on the county website, county.montague.tx.us. They must be received no later than the 11th day before the election.

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City closes lake due to localized flooding

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Bowie School Board to review superintendent candidate applications

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Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.

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Bowie News will be 1 day late due to June 19 holiday

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Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.

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