NEWS
2017 news took many trails, from citizens’ dissension to business development
By BARBARA GREEN
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
Oprah Winfrey may have the right idea with that statement as the past cannot be changed, we can only move forward. Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one. Happy New Year.
Below are some of the top news items covered by The Bowie News during 2017. While it is far from all the news, we selected to ones that impacted the most people.
It was a year fraught with uncertainty on many fronts nationally and locally. Montague County news spanned the gambit from citizen outrage at their local government to citizens joining together to help those reeling from the hurricanes. As the new year dawned, firefighters in the Bowie area battled a massive blaze at the old Bellmire Home on Rock Street. The front building was completed destroyed by fire.
A large slate of newly elected county government officials took the oath of office including Sheriff Marshall Thomas, District Attorney Casey Polhemus and Commissioner Roy Darden in precinct one.
Read the full review of the 2017 news in the weekend edition.
The city ladder truck sprays water onto the fire from above. (Photo by Dani Blackburn)
Architectural rendering of the new patient rooms at NGH. (Courtesy BYSP)
A BOIL WATER NOTICE remains in effect for the 800 block of Lively Street. Affected residents should use bottled or boiled water for drinking, cooking, or brushing teeth. If you are impacted by this notice and need bottled water, please call the City’s Emergency Management Coordinator at (940) 977-4941
The heat advisory that has been in place all week continues until 8 p.m. Friday night.
The National Weather Service reports strong high pressure overhead will bring triple digit high temperatures along with heat index readings approaching 110 degrees for much of next week. To reduce risk of heat related illnesses when outdoors, schedule frequent breaks in shaded or air conditioned areas, and stay hydrated.
Make sure to check on your older neighbors to make sure they are staying cool and hydrates, and make sure pets have shade and water.
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NEWS3 years agoSuspect indicted, jailed in Tia Hutson murder
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NEWS4 years ago2 hurt, 1 jailed after shooting incident north of Nocona
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NEWS3 years agoSO investigating possible murder/suicide
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NEWS4 years agoWreck takes the life of BHS teen, 16
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NEWS3 years agoMurder unsolved – 1 year later Tia Hutson’s family angry, frustrated with no arrest
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Show us something good9 years agoCountry music star children perform in Bowie
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NEWS3 years ago
Sheriff’s office called out to infant’s death
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100th Birthday4 years agoLooking back at the 1958 Centennial edition of The Bowie News