NEWS
Sixth fatality for county’s COVID-19 cases
A sixth Montague County resident has been confirmed as a fatality in the COVID-19 pandemic as Dr. Delbert McCaig, county health authority, reported mid-week.
McCaig said the death was added to the Department of Health and Human Service daily report on Wednesday and is for an 84-year-old male citizen of Nocona.
Montague County has 17 active cases of the virus where persons are in isolation. The total of positive cases continues to rise slowly each day with a total of 178 confirmed positive cases as of Friday with eight probable for a total of 186.
Bowie, Nocona, Prairie Valley and Forestburg School Districts also reported new positive cases for students and employees.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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