Poll: Should Olney Hospital cut obstetrics?
Wed, 07/03/2024 - 6:00pm
“It’s a sad day. I understand the financial piece but it is such a draw for people to come from the surrounding areas.”
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Friends, family gather for candlelight vigil for OHS student Avery Green
Wed, 07/03/2024 - 6:00pm
Avery Green will be 14 forever – fierce and funny and a true friend – in the hearts of family and friends who gathered on Friday night at the Olney Gazebo to remember her precious and too few years among them.
City eyes airport annexation
Wed, 07/03/2024 - 6:00pm
Air Tractor President Jim Hirsch appeared at the City Council meeting on June 24 to obtain permission to install a new drainage ditch and culvert under Leland Snow Way to make way for its fifth plant and to participate in a discussion about whether the City should annex the Olney Airport into a new taxing district.
Doctors say cutting rural obstetrics poses risks to women, babies
Wed, 07/03/2024 - 6:00pm
The Olney Hamilton Hospital board of directors confirmed their decision to build a new hospital with no obstetrics services at their June 28 meeting, a plan that doctors say will create a dangerous “maternal care desert” for Young County women and their babies. OHH is the only hospital in Young County that provides obstetrics care.