Out of the $50,000 in Hotel Occupancy Taxes collected, $510 was approved to create a set of plans and three dimensional renderings illustrating the proposed remodel, cabinetry and design layout of the museum at Fort Belknap.
Early voting began Monday for the two cities in Young County hosting May 4 general elections, Olney and Newcastle.
Early voting runs Monday through Friday, April 22-26 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 29-30 from 7 am. to 7 p.m. at Newcastle City Hall, 608 Broadway, and the Olney Community Library, 807 W. Hamilton. Any registered voter can vote at either location.
Applications for ballot by mail were due in person to the Young County Elections Office by Friday, April 19 and through the mail by Tuesday, April 23.
The Young County Commissioner’s Court held a public hearing on Monday and took action declaring land as an economic reinvestment zone for a solar farm, but remains in negations about a tax abatement for the solar company Belltown Power Texas.
Before the public hearing, the court approved the re-adoption of a resolution including guidelines and criteria to become eligible to participate in tax abatement.
Graham Regional Medical Center’s new Human Resources Director Mandy Rodriguez gave her first report to the board during the April 16 board meeting.
“I’m going to do a brief overview of what happened in HR in 2018,” Rodriguez said. “Since I wasn’t here in 2018, I am just reporting on this through the data I could find.”
Donna Goray worked her way up from a drive-in bank teller to CFO of Ciera Bank over her career and now she is ready to begin the next chapter of her life.
Goray began her banking career in 1975 at what was then First National Bank in Graham. Senior management recognized her skills and by 1981 she had been promoted to Assistant Vice President/ Operations Officer. She was promoted into senior management in 1984 as Vice President overseeing investments, accounting and operations.
After approving the additions of new services and equipment in the March board meeting, the Graham Regional Medical Center board agreed to a three-year $340,000 loan with Graham Savings and Loan Tuesday.
GRMC had already approved the purchase of new sterilizers for $72,000, echocardiogram equipment for $95,000 and a nuclear medicine machine for $173,000.
A fire at Worthington Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Tuesday evening has left the dealership closed while the fire remains under investigation.
The dealership has been closed since the fire occurred and Brookes Worthington said it is likely nobody will be able to work at the business for a week or two as repairs take place.
On Thursday, the Graham City Council approved an ordinance which will lower the wholesale water rate effective immediately during the April billing cycle.
Fort Belknap will be holding one of their biggest fundraisers of the year, while giving the public a chance to see its historic cannons fire.
Crawfish and Cannons will provide a visitor with a pound of crawfish or catfish, potatoes and corn for $10. The fort will start serving food around 11:30 a.m. With cannon firings following shortly after.
“We will shoot the cannon just as many times as we possibly can,” Fort Belknap Director Jim Hammond said. “I would say every hour on the hour, but last year we did it like every 45 minutes or so.”
Several Graham students showed off their athletic ability during Friday afternoon’s Special Teams Track Meet.
Hundreds of students filled the home side of the stadium along with the Rompin Stomping Big Blue Band performing.
Athletes from Crestview, Woodland, Graham Junior High and Graham High School competed in several events including field events and track events.
