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.
The Olney City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 24 to adopt the formation of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 (TIRZ 1), clearing the first major hurdle in a plan designed to jumpstart housing development and ease the city’s longstanding workforce crisis.
The Olney City Council formally swore in Bryan Barrett as police chief during its Nov. 24 meeting, marking the official start of a new chapter for the department after months of leadership transition.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992