NEWS
County lifts burn ban; review road grant funding, projects
Montague County Commissioners lifted the ban on outdoor burning at their Monday meeting; however, the court said with the first freeze expected soon, it could be back on due pretty soon.
The county has been under a burn ban since Sept. 14. County Judge Rick Lewis said the county offices have been bombarded with phone calls about the burn ban since recent rains.
Commissioner Mark Murphey said made the motion to lift the burn ban but added, “when the first freeze gets here we will probably go back because there is a tremendous fuel load out there.”
The motion passed unanimously.
With the pending arrival of anywhere from $6 to $8 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to help make repairs from the springs floods, and with a little more than a year to go to use up the county infrastructure grant funds, the court voted to hire a person to assist with handling the paperwork associated with the grants.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves the Thursday Bowie News to a Friday delivery date
It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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