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Early voting in the November election begins Monday across the state. The Young County ballot will contain 14 constitutional amendments as well as a bond measure for the Olney Hamilton Hospital District. Early voting will be held Monday, Oct. 23 through Friday, Nov. 3. Early voting polling locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.
Jurors and prospective jurors in Young County will now receive an increased reimbursement of expenses when reporting for service in a court. The Texas Government Code was recently amended to implant this financial compensation increase throughout the state of Texas. According to the updated state code, jurors and prospective jurors are entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other expenses of no less than $20 on the first day and no less than $58 for the second day and any other day beyond the initial day.
Gov. Greg Abbott reappointed a Burkburnett firefighter to a state board.
Early voting in the November election begins in a little over two weeks as the deadline for registering to vote in the election is Tuesday. The ballot will contain 14 constitutional amendments as well as a bond measure for the Olney Hamilton Hospital District. Early voting will be held Monday, Oct. 23 through Friday, Nov. 3. Early voting polling locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham and Olney Community Library at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.
Two opportunities are upcoming to view an eclipse in the state of Texas. Across portions of the state an annular eclipse will occur next weekend and a total eclipse will occur in April 2024. Texas will have two eclipses within a year, one on Saturday, Oct. 14 and the other April 8, 2024. Both eclipses will not touch Young County, but the 2024 total eclipse will extend over Fort Worth.Annular eclipse – Oct. 14, 2023