For a second year, Pioneer Elementary School preschool students completed a swimming boot camp which was coordinated by Tracey Terasas and funded by Cook Children’s Medical Center and Graham ISD.
Terasas is co-founder of the Remembering Wyatt Dale Water Safety organization in Graham, which seeks to spread the message of water safety and provide life jackets for all children.
The city of Graham began discussions last week regarding a potential sidewalk project along Hwy. 16 and developing a plan to obtain funding through a federal reimbursement program from the Texas Department of Transportation.
TxDOT made $252.5 million available in the Transportation Alternative Set-Aside (TA) program through their TA Call for Projects for fiscal years 2022 through 2025.
With last year’s retirement of former Young County Veterans Service Officer Doug Magneson, the office has continued its work of helping Young County veterans. When Magneson retired from the position in October 2022, Adam LaVine was hired for the job and has hit the ground running over the last six months.
The Graham City Council last week authorized the city manager to advertise for bids for a proposed rehabilitation of the lagoons at the city water treatment plant. The city is looking to rebuild, reclaim the water and dispose of over 5,700 tons of sludge in the lagoons.
The city owns and operates its water treatment plant and distribution system which provides water to the residents of Graham and Young County. The water treatment facility is designed to treat six million gallons of water each day and part of that process is spillover of solids in the treated water.
The Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers are investigating a death that occurred last week at the Young County Jail. A Mineral Wells man was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday, March 21 and transported to Graham Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A Thursday, March 30 release from DPS Sgt. Dan Buesing states Brandon Taylor, 31, was found unresponsive in an administrative segregation cell. The release states staff immediately began to attempt to revive Taylor until EMS arrived.
From playing football on Newton Field to playing bass guitar in front of Taylor Swift at the IHeartMusic Awards, Graham High School graduate Alex Trejo carries the city of Graham wherever he goes as his career takes off with Giovannie and the Hired Guns.
The city of Graham is discussing a plan to reach the parameters necessary for the intersection at Montgomery Street and Hwy. 16 to become eligible for a traffic signal from the Texas Department of Transportation. The Graham City Council decided Thursday, March 30, to host a public hearing before a future council meeting.
For over 50 years, the Graham Regional Medical Center Auxiliary has hosted the Chalupa Luncheon in Graham as a fundraiser to help provide equipment for the hospital.
The luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6 on the Young County Courthouse lawn. The event serves as a fundraiser to provide equipment for the hospital to enhance the quality of care at GRMC for its patients.
Young County Commissioners held a pair of public hearings Monday and voted to approve speed limit reductions on two county roads. Mary Rutherford Road, in precinct 4 and Bullock Road, in precinct 2, will both have new speed limits of 35 mph.
A public hearing was requested by Precinct 4 Commissioner Jimmy Wiley after hearing from a property owner on Mary Rutherford Road. Wiley said the road has experienced a lot of traffic going over the previous speed limit of 45 mph.
Young County residents and business owners have two weeks remaining to complete a broadband survey designed to assess the county’s internet needs and usage.
At the end of January, the Young County Broadband Committee and Connected Nation Texas announced the launch of the online broadband assessment. The final date for the Young County survey will be Saturday, April 15.
CEO for Graham Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau, Cathy Partridge, said Thursday, March 30 that the county has yet to receive enough responses on the assessment.
