NEWS
Nocona General Hospital breaks ground for expansion
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Board members and staff of Nocona General Hospital broke ground Tuesday afternoon on a $6.8 million construction project that will expand the Nocona Clinic and the emergency room area.
This project has been a long time in the works after bids were rejected in June 2023 after they came in far above estimates. Last June three bids were presented ranging from $8,397,777 to $9,574,000, and all were rejected by the board.
This was a big jump from the original estimate of about $5.7 million, which had been pushed closer to $6.8 million with additional soft costs and furniture, fixtures and equipment.
David Hartwell, architect with Bundy, Young, Sims & Potter, Wichita Falls, said there was a lot of construction going on in Wichita Falls at the time, along some hangover from COVID supply delays, which may have influenced those increases.
This project will be done in four phases and financed by the hospital paying cash, avoiding any financing. Hartwell said there will be about 2,800 square feet added to the clinic and emergency room areas.
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A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
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