Montague County remains under burn ban

Published

10 years ago

03/01/2017

By DANI BLACKBURN

Montague County Commissioners voted to keep the two-week old ban on outside burning in place when they met Monday morning.

Precinct Three Commissioner Mark Murphey admitted he “pulled the hammer” a little too quickly when adding the burn ban discussion to the meeting agenda and urged the court to wait in lifting the ban.

“My recommendation also would be to wait another two weeks,” said County Judge Rick Lewis. “I know we’ve gotten the rain, but it doesn’t do away with the fuel we’ve got out there.”

Murphey, a Nocona volunteer fireman, agreed, saying his department had worked several fires recently and he knew of several Forestburg and Bowie departments worked.

Commissioners agreed to keep the burn ban in place and revisit it March 13.

Read the full story of the meeting in the mid-week News.

Rains bring relief to parched county

Published

8 hours ago

10/08/2026

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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.

NEWS

Data centers worrying citizens

Published

9 hours ago

10/08/2026

bowienews

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.