Local coverage since 1951 Caddo Hills Lady Indians advances MONTGOMERY to 1A State Tournament COUNTY NEWS Page 8 USPS 361 - 700 • 75¢ • Vol. 68 • Issue 9 • Thursday, February 28, 2019 • 1 Section • 8 Pages • Published in Mount Ida, Arkansas News Briefs County opens bids for criminal justice facility project DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY
[email protected] MOUNT IDA - The new Montgomery County Criminal Justice Facility project took a major step forward Thursday, February 21, with the opening of bid packets on 24 jobs related to the project. Montgomery County Judge Sammy Jones was joined by Jason Roberts of Smith-Doyle and Steve Littleton with Spirit Architect for the opening of the bids. The project has been broken into 24 jobs which were open for bid earlier this year. The county judge has stated that he created as many jobs as he could Andrew Irwin within the project in an attempt to provide more opportunities for local contractors to Irwin wins USATF bid on jobs. indoor pole vault title County Judge Jones stated that bid notic- DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY es were posted in the Montgomery County
[email protected] News, the Hot Springs Sentinel Record and STATEN ISLAND, NY - Mount the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in an effort Ida’s own Andrew Irwin cleared to attract as many bids as possible. just over 19 feet Saturday, Febru- There were 68 bids received for 23 of the ary 23, at the Toyota USATF 24 jobs that make up the project. Site clear- Indoor Championships to win the ing, grading and storm damage was the DEWAYNE HOLLOWAY | Montgomery County News national pole vault title.