NEWS
COVID surge sees record active cases across Montague County
On New Year’s Eve Montague County Health Authority Dr. Chance Dingler said he anticipated COVID-19 cases would go up substantially in the two weeks following the holidays.
It was a right-on prediction as Montague County has recorded its largest number of active cases since the pandemic began in March 2020.
As of Jan. 13 there were 293 active cases (est.) recorded on the state dashboard. The previous record high was in January 2021 with 134 active cases. There are 490 probable cases and 104 fatalities.
During the past week at least 10 patients were admitted to Nocona General Hospital for treatment, but doctors report they are staying less time and most do not have to be a ventilator.
The increase in cases and patients also has strained the local health care system as two physicians and a nurse practitioner and multiple nurses and others in health care were ill and unable to work. Clinics across the county are short on staff, as patients fill their offices.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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