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A second public hearing has been scheduled regarding a wind farm project proposed for Young County. The Young County Commissioners Court will open the floor for public opinion at 10 a.m.
By: Ethan Nickel Young County Commissioners Court met on Monday, April. 12 for their first meeting in the month. The meeting began with a COVID-19 update from Judge Bullock about COVID-19 statistics. 12,667 tests were given, 9,875 have tested negative, 2,779 have had positive tests, only seven active cases, and 44 individuals have passed away in the county as a result of COVID-19. The court discussed the March Activity Report, 4-HVolunteer Week Proclamation Signing, Soil and the Water Stewardship Week Proclamation. Next item on the agenda was the auditors budget amendments and payment vouch...
Grant Ingram last week accepted the position as the new Economic Development Director for the City of Graham, moving from his manager position of the Graham Convention and Visitors Bureau. While he said he has a lot to learn about the position, he looks forward to making impactful decisions for the town he calls home. Ingram was raised in Tyler and graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in hospitality management. He worked at resorts in Wyoming and Graford before taking a position as the Graham CVB manager in May 2019, a position he said is hard to leave. “It was not an easy dec...
New COVID-19 cases plummet in Texas Mike Stucka Texas reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 17,394 new cases. That's down 24.8% from the previous week's tally of 23,115 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Texas ranked 41st among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 16.9% from the week before, with 286,109 cases reported. With 8.71% of the country's population, Texas had 6.08% ...
The Young County Commissioners Court Monday voted unanimously on a tax abatement agreement with Young Wind LLC.