NEWS
TxDOT does more pre-treating of roads
WICHITA FALLS DISTRICT – TxDOT maintenance crews were out all morning pre-treating bridges and overpasses with brine on the lesser-traveled highways. All of I-44 and I-35 including bridges and the main lanes were pretreated as Tier 1 roadways. Crews were also able to treat most of the main lanes on US 287, 281, and US 82. We additionally were able to the treat main lanes and bridges Seymour Highway and bridges and some of the main lanes on Southwest Parkway inside the City of Wichita Falls.TxDOT is 100% ready for the storm. Our crews are on stand-by to report to work. Their equipment and materials are fully stocked and ready for deployment. Our fleet of 83 snowplows and maintainers (motor graders) are on standby for a moment’s notice. Motorists can obtain travel information, road conditions and see 15 Wichita Falls traffic cameras and 1 Vernon camera by visiting DriveTexas.org or calling (800) 452-9292. Traffic cameras are also at TxDOT.Gov.Remember to follow the Wichita Falls District on our Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/TxDOTWichitaFalls and on Twitter, www.Twitter.com/TxDOTWF . If you experience any emergency on the road, call 9-1-1 for help.
Drivers are urged to follow these precautions:
Reduce speed. Speed limits are based on normal dry road and weather conditions, not winter road conditions.
Do not use cruise control.
Turn on your headlights. It’s not for you…it’s so other drivers can see you.
Maintain at least three times the normal following distance on snow or ice.
Watch carefully for personnel, equipment treating roadways, and stay at least 200 feet back from road crews. Don’t crowd Plows. They can’t see traffic that drives too close. Also, the plows can break over if the pavement is damaged.
Use extra caution on bridges, ramps, overpasses, and shaded areas as they tend to freeze first and thaw last.
Carry warm coats, gloves, and boots in case you get stranded. Keep a kit in your car.If you start to slide, ease off the gas pedal or brakes. Steer into the direction that you want to go until you feel you have regained traction, and then straighten your vehicle
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet for their first session of 2026 at 6 p.m. on Jan. 13.
Numerous items of new business fill the agenda including a resolution offered by the Bowie Economic Development Corporation to administer and fund an equipment purchase and installation project supporting a private capital investment exceeding $170,000 at 203 N. Mason. This is the location of Milano’s Pizza which has recently undergone a complete remodel.
The council will award a bid to Legend Bank as the city depository and a re-appointment will be made the Bowie Library Board. A memo of understanding with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Texas Emergency Management Assistance Teams participating jurisdiction will be examined.
The final item is an ordinance abandoning a portion of the alley right-of-way connected with the sewer line replacement project in the Wilbarger Street area. The second reading of an ordinance also connected to this site also is listed.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on the downtown sidewalk project, the Rock and Pillar Street project and the substation work.
Montague County Commissioners will consider implementing a ban on outdoor burning when they meet at 9 a.m. on Jan. 13.
Conditions for dangerous wildfire continue to grow as the county has not received significant rainfall since early December. Unseasonably high temperatures also contribute to dry conditions.
Other agenda topics will include: A resolution allowed selected trustee properties to be resold through a public online auction; accepting unanticipated revenue of $2,000 in the sheriff’s office; notice of election for the 2026 join primary elections in March; consider applying for the rural ambulance grant program; precinct four request to use an auction company to sell surplus items; precinct four request to clear a fence line on Carpenter Road and consider going out for fuel bids.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Taxpayers will get two extra days of grace to pay their 2025 taxes since the Jan. 31 deadline falls on a Saturday. The deadline moves to Feb. 2.
Those who pay by the deadline will avoid the 7% penalty and interest that starts Feb. 3. That amount will increase each month until July 1 when attorney fees are added.
Tax payments were due starting last October when they were mailed out to customers.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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