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Clay County will increase its hotel occupancy tax by 1.5 percent as the county searches for ways to maximize revenue. Clay County Mayor Dale Reagan said the tax was set at 2.5 percent in 2009. Reagan said he projects that the increase to four percent will generate an additional $70,000 a year for the county. Reagan said the county brought ... Read More »

Clay County back to the drawing board after bad news from a lone bidder on the jail project. Three contractors came out to assess building the jail but only one put in a bid. The bid came in at $11 million dollars over the county’s budgeted $7.5 million. County Mayor Dale Reagan called it unpleasant. “Man when it come back ... Read More »

The Clay County Jail project is nearing completion of its engineering and architecture phase. Sheriff Brandon Boone said the final plans should be presented before the county commission and sheriff’s department near Thanksgiving. “There’s nothing we can do to speed it up at this point or slow it down,” Boone said. “Its got its own course of action at this ... Read More »