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Early voting opens on Feb. 14

Early voting for the March 1 party primaries begins Feb. 14 and will run through Feb. 25.
In Montague County, there will be four locations for early voting: Montague County Annex Community Room, Montague; Nocona Community Center, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
The polls will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday only. Elections Administrator Ginger Wall asks voters to note Feb. 21 is President’s Day, a legal holiday, so early voting will not be conducted on that day.
Montague County voters may cast ballots at any voting center, not just the one in their city or specific precinct. With county-wide centers, a voter can choose the most convenient polling location in the county for them.
In the party primaries, voters select their candidates in the respective primaries and winners from each with face off in the November general election.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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City closes lake due to localized flooding
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Bowie School Board to review superintendent candidate applications

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

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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