NEWS
New radio repeater approved; citizen asks for action on road repairs
By BARBARA GREEN
Montague County Commissioners on Monday approved upgrades to the current radio repeater system that serves county firefighters.
The court also heard from a group of citizens who live on Starr Mann Road asking when repairs will be made to their half-mile stretch of road.
Randall Preuninger, president of the Montague County Firefighters Association, presented the commissioners with a quote for new repeater. Last year the court allocated $50,000 to go toward the repeater upgrades, but it appears the quote is much less than expected.
Self Radio provided a quote of $48,219 for the system. The new repeater will add a fourth one within the county and will replace all the current units.
Terry Fender, a resident in precinct one on Star Mann Road, spoke to the commissioners Monday asking for action on repairing the road he and three other families live on.
Terry Fender, a resident in precinct one on Star Mann Road, spoke to the court in public comments asking for action on repairs to the half-mile section of the road where they live. Precinct One Commissioner Herman Conway was absent from Monday’s meeting. He said despite state money being available for repairs nothing has been done. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Pictured: Miles Dabovich, district administrator for Texas AgriLife Extension Service, spoke to the Montague County Commissioner’s Court Monday providing the service’s annual update. Agents Elsie Lacey and Justin Hansard look on. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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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