After nearly two years of debate, the Olney City Council voted Monday, Dec. 15, to approve the creation of a new Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, clearing a key hurdle for long-discussed economic development plans along the Main Street business corridor.
Dear Santa, I have been good this year. I would like a new Violet toy, a baby doll, and a doll with blonde hair, please.
Archer and Gunn Mercantile, located at 122 E. Main St. in Olney, on Saturday hosted an evening of discounted Christmas shopping, light bites, drinks and a concert featuring local singer-songwriter Race Ricketts and his bandmate, Nick Brumley, to mark the store’s five-year anniversary.
When Olney set out in 1976 to build what would become the first combined public- school and community library in Texas — and the only such successfully merged facility in the United States — the idea sounded ambitious, even a little improbable.
A day before hosting a public meet-and-greet in Graham, the top developers behind Project Saltworks sat down with the Olney Enterprise to explain the scope, purpose, and local impact of the $1–1.5 billion data-center campus planned for Young County.
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Olney, Texas 76374
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