NEWS
City of Bowie selects engineer for Rock/Pillar repair
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
An engineer has been selected and has begun work to design the drainage repairs at Pillar and Rock Streets.
City Manager Bert Cunningham told the council about the selection at the June 24 meeting, less than a week after the intersection of those two streets was closed due to a sinkhole, along with collapsing dirt sidewalls above the creek. This repair is just part of the ongoing drainage problems along this creek that run throughout Bowie west to east causing flooding. Late last year the city spent just under $3 million to making extensive repairs at Mill and Nelson to help solve those flooding problems. With additional water flow down the creek bed, the problems at Rock and Pillar were not unexpected. The heavy March rainfall only washed away dirt around and under the rusted out culverts.
Cunningham and Public Works Director Stony Lowrance have been meeting with prospective engineers to consider plans for the repairs. They have selected Blaine Boswell of Corlett, Probst & Boyd from Wichita Falls. He reportedly has extensive experience with drainage issues. Preliminary estimates indicate the project may run about $1.5 million.
Read the full story in the Thursday edition.
Pictured: The intersection of Rock and Pillar has been closed due to a new sinkhole weakening the street. (Photo by Barbara Green0
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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