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Saturday is the final day to vote in the general and special elections on the ballot for the May election. On the ballot are elections for Graham Hospital District, Graham ISD, city of Olney, Olney ISD and city of Newcastle. Election day voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Early voting was held at two Young County locations from Monday, April 22 until Tuesday, April 30. A total of 1,705 voters turned out for early voting, or 14.6% of registered Young County voters.

Early voting kicked off this week and will continue through the end of April for the May general and special elections. On the ballot are elections for Graham Hospital District, Graham ISD, city of Olney, Olney ISD and city of Newcastle. Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday, April 26 and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 29-30. Early voting polling locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library and Arts Center at 807 W. Hamil...

Less than two weeks remain before early voting begins for the May general and special elections. On the ballot will be elections for Graham Hospital District, Graham ISD, city of Olney, Olney ISD and city of Newcastle. Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 2-26 and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 29-30. Early voting polling locations will be North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library and Arts Center at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.

The candidate filing deadline for a place on the general election ballot in May ended last week across the state with local candidates filing for positions open in Young County. The filing period for political subdivision seats up for election in May was open from Wednesday, Jan. 17 through Friday, Feb. 16. The election will take place Saturday, May 4 at polling locations around Young County. Early voting in the election will run from Monday, April 22 through Tuesday, April 30. The last day to r...

The state legislature made a $3 billion investment in mental health programs this session, including a grant program that will fund community-based initiatives “to develop innovative strategies that provided resiliency, coping and social skills, healthy social and familial relationships, and parenting skills and behaviors.”

JACKSBORO - Young and Jack County community leaders met in Jacksboro on March 29 to fine-tune a plan to plug gaps in the state’s mental health services for rural residents and discuss strategies for funding those urgently needed services with grants or by finding room in tight local budgets if promised help from the Legislature does not materialize.