NEWS

CO leaks sends 4 to hospital

Published

3 years ago

01/16/2021

By BARBARA GREEN
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Carbon monoxide is called “the invisible killer,” and this week several apartment tenants got a dose of that when their apartment received dangerous levels of the gas.
The incident began at 10:37 p.m. on Jan. 11 at 207 E. Wilbarger as the caller requested an ambulance for two sick people, one who was nauseous and another who was short of breath.
Fire Chief Doug Page said the firefighters talked to the patients trying to figure out what may have caused their symptoms, and then they began to think about carbon monoxide poisoning. Another ambulance was called when two other people started having symptoms, and the EMTs also requested the EMS bring a carbon monoxide meter.
Further examination of the apartments after the gas was turned off revealed an exhaust flue in the attic had been been disconnected possibly during storm repairs. Page said that attic holds all four units for the four apartments in that building so the other three apartments also were getting amounts of the odorless gas. Page said the manager was present and the firefighters showed him the problem.
EMTs, along with police officers evacuated the other apartments and ventilated the structure. Two of the apartments had tenants present and one tenant was not home. Page said four people were transported to the hospital, while the other three who were evacuated were fine.

Read more on this story and CO safety tips in the weekend Bowie News.

NEWS

Rain runoff still helping lakes fill

Published

5 hours ago

05/08/2024

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Runoff from the ongoing spring rains are bringing great benefits for Montague County lakes as they continue to slowly rise.
Lake levels
Amon G. Carter
May 7 – 100% full,
920.86 msl
April 30 – 100% full,
920.68 msl
Lake is full at 920 msl

Lake Nocona
May 7 – 83.7% full,
824.79 msl
April 30 – 73.1% full,
822.91 msl
Lake full at 827.5 msl

NEWS

Pending litigation leads to executive session

Published

6 hours ago

05/08/2024

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Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court face a lengthy agenda when they meet at 9 a.m. on May 13.
An executive session is listed for deliberation on pending litigation. The court also will begin the preliminaries of budget planning with a workshop.
The court will review an engagement letter with Edgin, Parkman, Fleming and Fleming to conduct the annual outside audit.
The sheriff’s office staff will submit several items lead by a request to purchase a radio console for dispatch, along with a memo of understanding between Flock Safety and the SO and an application for participation with the Law Enforcement Support Office.
Commissioners will finally close out the Federal Emergency Management Agency project 4223 for county flood damage during the spring of 2015.

Read the full story on all the agenda topics in the mid-week Bowie News.

NEWS

Bowie BISD bond vote fails, 73% say no

Published

6 hours ago

05/08/2024

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By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie Independent School District trustees said they wanted a mandate one way or another in regard to the $65.8 million bond proposal, which was one of multiple reasons it went back on the ballot.
While voter turnout out was smaller than the Nov. 7, 2023 election, the mandate was clear as 73.28% of voters said no to the bond. Trustees had hoped a massive education campaign and a single issue election would boost voter turnout, however, that was not the case.
BISD asked voters to reconsider the same $65.8 million proposal that failed 855-1,079 last November. In that Nov. 7 election 1,934 people voted.
On May 4 there were 1,785 total voters, 149 less than in the fall. There were 477 votes supporting the bond and 1,308 saying no. The bond failed by 831 votes with only 26.72% saying yes.
Forestburg ISD asked voters to consider a pair of infrastructure centered bonds and the results were close. The most recent bond election for FISD was in 2018 and it failed 301-195.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.