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TNMP-BW-logo w tag w clearzone Texas-New Mexico Power is scheduling a planned power outage for all of its customers in Montague County later this month. TNMP is in the process of replacing its wooden transmission line poles from the Brazos Electric connection east of Saint Jo with steel poles. “We had planned on doing all…

The Nocona High School Rodeo Team will be competing at high school rodeos in Saginaw with the North Texas High School Rodeo Association. They will compete with 65 other North Texas schools and approximately 180 high school youth at each rodeo. There are 17 rodeos in this year’s season with the finals being in May…

District Judge Jack McGaughey has announced he will be a candidate for re-election to the post of District Judge for the 97th Judicial District comprised of Archer, Clay and Montague Counties. “It has been a great honor for me to serve as district judge for seven years, and I appreciate the encouragement I have received…

Everything north of Eagle Point was flooded,” reported Road and Bridge Commissioner Bob Langford Monday morning. “They got 7 inches there. Scott Carpenter got 9 inches of rain and up at Spanish Fort they got as much as 11 inches,” Langford said. As a result, all of the gravel roads in his precinct north of…

MONTAGUE – The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will discuss applying for an extension of the FEMA grants the county received following record flooding in May and June of 2015. The court has called a special meeting for 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, to discuss and consider FEMA grant extension with Cohn Reznick. Read more in…

Dist. Atty. Casey Polhemus MONTAGUE – District Attorney Casey Polhemus has, in her words, “tried to be a good steward” of the some $650,000 of District Attorney’s Forfeiture Funds she inherited from her former boss. Since taking office in January of 2017, Mrs. Polhemus has spent tens of thousands of dollars on items from funding…

MONTAGUE – October was designated Monday as Domestic Violence Awareness Month by the Montague County Commissioner’s Court. Representatives of Wise Hope Crisis Center, which operates a branch in Bowie to serve Montague County, presented a request for the court to pass the resolution.

The Texas Blood Institute and Nocona High School are combining efforts to save lives by hosting a Blood Drive on Monday, Sept. 30, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The drive will take place in the lobby of the Nocona High School Gymnasium. To schedule an appointment, please call Rebecca Wilson at 940-825-3264 and tell…

ARLINGTON – The Nocona Sports Complex was named one of 10 non-profit organizations to receive grants from Globe Life and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation Tuesday to support youth baseball and softball programs in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana The Globe Life Texas Rangers Baseball and Softball grants will be presented during a ceremony prior to…

MONTAGUE – Barely two weeks after he alleged fired several rounds at a pair of Montague County deputy sheriffs, Orville Daniel Throneberry, 5t, was indicted for aggravated assault against a public servant and unlawful possession of a firearm. As Sheriff Marshall Thomas noted Monday during his monthly report of department activity to the Montague County…