About 100 people filtered through the doors of the newly renovated Olney Community Library and Arts Center on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15, stepping into a space that looked familiar — and entirely new at the same time.
Students from Olney High School’s Student Council and National Honor Society are raising money for what they hope will be a life-changing week this summer — seven days on the Green River in Utah with the National Outdoor Leadership School.
The Olney City Council is moving ahead with its search for a new city administrator, six months after the position became vacant.
The three companies vying to build Olney’s next water treatment plant stood last Thursday morning in the shadow of the city’s existing one — a collection of buildings and concrete tanks that has done its job for generations.
What struck me immediately about the Young County Museum of History and Culture is how modern it feels modern in the way it understands the world we live in. Museums now compete with social media, YouTube, streaming video and everything else that lives on a screen. This museum clearly knows that and has made a real effort to meet people where they are.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992