COUNTY LIFE
U.S. 82 expansion work to begin
This week on U.S. Highway 82 from Farm-to-Market 1816 moving east, front-end loaders, maintainers, and dump trucks will start clearing the new right of way for the highway expansion project in Montague County.
The district public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation reported front-end loaders, maintainers and dump trucks will start clearing the ROW.
The contractor, Austin Road and Bridge, will be removing fencing, vegetation, and other items next to the eastbound lanes as the project gets started this month. Eleven miles is included in the first phase of widening U.S. 82 from Nocona to Ringgold to a four-lane divided highway.
Ultimately during the next several years, U.S. 82 will be expanded to a four-lane from Nocona to Henrietta.
Phase one runs from State Highway 175 to FM 1816 and west to Milam Road all along Hwy. 82 to just east of Ringgold. Date of completion is March 2023. TxDOT had wanted to start at the edge of Nocona, but due to the large number of utilities in that area they expect to start a little further west on the southside of U.S. 82 along the ROW. Utilities should be done by the end of December.
Little impact is expected on drivers until later in the project.
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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