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COVID hits Bowie campuses hard during January

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
COVID-19 absences have been challenging for Bowie Independent School District since the new year opened, but officials hope the worst may be passed after the district experienced a low of 81.69% on Jan. 14 with 304 students absent.
The board of trustees met Thursday night for a lengthy agenda of reports, a public hearing and the mid-year formative evaluation of the superintendent.
In the COVID report, Superintendent Blake Enlow said as of Jan. 26 311 students had been tested for the virus with 185 positives. In the staff 143 were tested with 89 positives.

Elementary Principal Kathy Green said last week her campus was hard hit with 23 teacher vacancies on one day. She said they were able to get everything covered as everyone pitched in to help.
Enlow said there is no “magic number” where the district will decide to close campuses and as long as there is enough adult staff they will continue to operate. He noted closing impacts parents and families hard as they deal with work and school.

Read the full story from Thursday night’s board meeting in the weekend Bowie News.

Bowie School Superintendent Blake Enlow presents Trustee Lee Hughes with a certificate of recognition for School Board Recognition Month. Certificates and potted ferns decorated by students were presented to all the board members. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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Bowie Council meets June 23

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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.

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City of Bowie reports heat advisory today

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A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.

Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/oeFZANN

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Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area

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Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”

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