COUNTY LIFE
Upper Trinity board sets meeting
The board of directors of the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District’s board of directors will meet at 5 p.m. on Feb. 19 in the Springtown office.
The agenda opens with a preliminary hearing on proposed historic use permits. A public hearing will follow on two applications including one for work in Montague County.
Nocona Y2 Investments of Van Alstyne, has applied for an operating permit for a water well at 179 Country Club Drive in Nocona. The requested permit volume is 3,700,000 gallons a year that was come from six existing water wells on the property that will supply water to the golf course on the property. The general manager’s recommendation is for the requested permit volume.
The second application is from Villages at Weatherford to operate one existing well and drill four new wells to provide public water to the RV park on the property. The requested permit volume is 3,500,000, while the district’s general manager has made a recommendation for 2,892,622 gallons a year.
In the regular agenda, the board will review all the routine operations matters of the month such as minutes, financial reports and pay bills. General Manager Doug Shaw also will give his monthly operational report.
Other agenda topics include: Discussion on the Texas Water Development Board’s groundwater research, science and data collections grants for fiscal 2026, allowing the general manager to apply; discussion on development and timeline of amendments to district rules; resolution adopting temporary requirements regarding aquifer testing and hydrogeological reports for certain very large volume operating permits; general counsel’s report and new business for next month’s meeting
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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