NEWS
County races gain two contested offices
With a little more than two weeks left for filing in the Texas party primaries, Montague County so far will have two contested races as of Nov. 18.
Filing for the March 3 primaries began on Nov. 8 and will continue through Dec. 8. Republican Party Chairwoman Melody Gillespie said on that final day she will be set up in the county courthouse annex from 4 to 6 p.m. for any latecomers to the election.
While this is not a presidential election year, there will still be many national and state races on the ballot. Winners of the party primaries will then battle it out in the general election in November.
In Montague County there are eight offices that will be up for elections: County judge, county clerk, treasurer, commissioner two, commissioner four, 97th district clerk and justice of the peace officers one and two. There is no organized Democratic Party in Montague County so all of the local candidates have filed with the Republican Party, which has been the norm for several years.
During the first two weeks of filing, races for justice of the peace two and precinct two commissioner have arisen. James Gamblin, is challenging Precinct Two Commissioner Mike Mayfield who seeks a third term. Both men are from Bowie.
In justice of the peace two race, Bowie attorney Lanhom Odom is running along with Glen Neff, also of Bowie. Neff has a military and law enforcement background and is a minister. JP Jack Pigg has not announced if he plans on running.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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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