COUNTY LIFE
Montague County Youth Fair Schedule 2026
Please note new days for home economics and leadership, plus swine and ag mechanics
Jan. 5
4-6 p.m. Home Economics early check-in
Jan. 6
7 -9 a.m. , home economic check-in in all categories
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. , Leadership Day events, Montague County Cowboy Church
7-8 a.m. – Contestant check-in
8:15 a.m. – Junior prepared speaking begins, along with senior Montague County Ag Advocacy speaking
9:15 a.m. – Junior Montague County Ag Advocacy Speaking begins along with senior prepared speaking
10:15 a.m. – Robotics contest
11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Lunch break
12:30 – 1 p.m. – Contestants check-in for skill-a-thons
1 p.m. – Beef and horse skill-a-thons begin
2-3 p.m. – Check-in for barbecue cookers
3 p.m. – Barbecue contest begins with meat entry turn-in at 4 p.m.
10 a.m. – noon, home economics judging
6 p.m. – home economics results
Jan. 7
8 a.m. – Check-in and weigh all markets, check-in of breeding sheep, breeding goats and dairy goats, check-in all dairy heifers and check-in all poultry, all at Nocona Agriculture Center
8 a.m. to noon – Public viewing of home economics projects, Nocona Community Center
9 a.m. – Poultry show
11 a.m. – Dairy cattle show
Noon – Lamb show
Noon to 2 p.m. – Pickup for all home economics projects
2 p.m. – Goat Show
5 p.m. – All Together Show, ag center
Dairy cattle move out of barn, beef steers and heifers can move into barn after dairy cattle. Lamb and goats move out of barn. Swine can move in after lamb/goat show.
Jan. 8
7 to 8 a.m. – Check-in all rabbit entries
8-9 a.m. – Weigh-in of all steers
8 to 10 a.m. – Weigh-in of all heifers
9 a.m. – Rabbit show
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Weigh-in and classify all swine entries
2 p.m. – Heifer show followed by steer show
6 p.m. – Check-in of all ag. mechanics projects (in sale barn)
Jan. 9
9 a.m. – Ag Mechanic judging begins in sale barn, also swine show
Jan. 10 –
9 a.m. – Barn clean-up
5 p.m. – Drop-off home economics projects for silent auction in the show barn, auction goes from 6 to 8 p.m.
Showmanship buckles will be presented followed by Leadership Day awards, prior to the start of the sale at 6 p.m.
Nocona is preparing for the 74th annual Chisholm Trail Rodeo May 8 and 9 at the Chisholm Trail Arena.
The rodeo will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nightly with the Ryan Ready Band playing for the rodeo dance afterward on Saturday night. Tickets in advance are $12 and $15 at the gate.
All the traditional rodeo events are planned along with non-sanctioned events of junior barrels for 16 and under. There is $250 added each night, a jackpot nightly and contestants have a $50 entry fee. Entries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 4-5.
The new Chisholm Trail Rodeo Queen and Princess will be crowned during Saturday night’s performance. Read about these young ladies in your Thursday Bowie New.
Clara Anderson
TxDOT is hosting a virtual meeting to review projects included in the 2027-2030 Rural TIP.
The program is at 4 p.m. on May 6 and 11:59 p.m. on May 19, all online at https://bit.ly/4uhDwMG
The Rural TIP is a list of local projects to be funded during the next four years in the Wichita Falls District of the Texas Department of Transportation.
The counties included are Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young. Transportation projects cannot receive federal funding unless they are included in the Rural TIP. This includes projects for private vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, public transport, and commercial vehicles.
A section of Roach Street has been closed for the last few weeks as a new sewer line was installed replacing old clay tile line. It is phase two of multi-phase sewer line project across the city funded through a Texas Water Development Board loan of more than $9.7 million. The project will replace nearly10 miles of aging lines. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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