COUNTY LIFE

Redistricting requires only a small shift in county precincts

Published

3 years ago

11/13/2021

By BARBARA GREEN
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Montague County Commissioners took steps Wednesday to make small changes in its county precincts as part of its redistricting plan and set a public hearing on those changes for Nov. 15.
This week the court reviewed demographic data and shuffles around lines to see where they could make the changes that will make the county precincts balanced. John G. Reddington of Allison, Bass and Associates appeared via Zoom to help the court work on the numbers. Commissioner Roy Darden was absent for a medical issue.
The census count is done every 10 years can be a trigger for redistricting as government entities strive to meet the legal requirements for what is the essential “one-person, one-vote.”
Reddington said too few in a precinct tends to weaken the representative capacity of the others and a less than 10% deviation from the ideal population is the goal.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.

Initial analysis chart for Montague County redistricting demographics.

COUNTY LIFE

Offices closing for final holiday of year

Published

3 hours ago

12/28/2024

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The last big holiday of 2024 arrives on Dec. 31 with News Year’s Eve.
Most government offices and the post office will be closed on Jan. 1. The Bowie News office will close on Dec. 31 and on Jan. 1.
The Bowie News will have an early print deadline on Monday and go out to readers one day earlier on Tuesday. The print edition will be delivered to the post office and racks, while the e-sub will also go out on Tuesday morning.

COUNTY LIFE

Bowie Community Development presents window decoration awards

Published

4 hours ago

12/28/2024

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Bowie Community Development presented awards to the window decoration contest during the Candy Cane Sip & Stroll. Gaylynn Burris of the BCDB presented Rustic Wings/Belle Rose Boutique with the first place award. Second place went to Rustic Rose Furniture and Treasures. Studio 81 Tattoos and Hwy 59 Boutique were third and fourth place winners. The contest is sponsored by Bowie Community Development.

See photos of all the winners in the weekend Bowie News.

COUNTY LIFE

Newly elected officials prepare to take the oath

Published

5 hours ago

12/28/2024

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Jan. 1, 2025 is the first day of a new elected term for many Montague County officials. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 1 in the courthouse annex.
The public is invited to attend with refreshments to follow.
Officials being sworn in are: Sheriff Marshall Thomas, County Attorney, Commissioner One Roy Darden, Commissioner Three Mark Murphey, Constables Jerry DeMoss and Harvey Johnson and Tax Assessor Kathy Phillips.