NEWS
County closes Salt Creek bridge as it sags
Montague County Commissioners met two days early last Friday after moving their meeting due to the Veteran’s Day holiday.
Topics for the agenda were varied ranging from requests for road repairs to a proclamation for National Adoption Month.
The administrator of TK Ranch, located south of Bowie, Elizabeth Dunn, and Sue Metcalf, also on the ranch staff, addressed the court in public comments asking Commissioner Roy Darden to make repairs on the road that runs in front of the property, Huddleston Road.
Dunn said the ranch began in 1984 as a Christian home for mentally challenged people and has continued to serve those with special needs. She said the current condition of the road is impacting the three vans they use to transport residents to various activities.
“We would like this to be a chance to see how citizens and public officials can work to resolve problems. We believe we are an asset to the community and our hope is the one mile stretch of road gets the attention it needs,” said Dunn.
A bridge that goes across Salt Creek in precinct three was closed on Nov. 7 due to damage from ongoing rains and high water. Located on Rock School Springs Road, Commissioner Mark Murphey said the bridge has become so undermined it is sagging 12 to 16 inches in the middle along with breaking apart underneath and on the sides.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The opposite side of the failing bridge. (Courtesy photo)
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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