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The process of building a new Douglas County Jail has taken many twists and turns over the years. Here are some of the headlines:

New jail pondered – August 13, 2003

Committee explores jail options – February 27, 2004

County officials see need for new jail facility – August 6, 2004

A regional jail? – November 26, 2004

Sales tax for new jail fails – May 18, 2005

County picks sites for new jail – July 1, 2005

Cost of jail shocks – July 15, 2005

County reconsiders jail site – July 27, 2005

Jail project scaled back – August 5, 2005

Criminal justice committee weighs sites for new jail – September 23, 2005

Jail site suggested – November 2, 2005

Jail site rejected – November 11, 2005

County pursues downtown jail site – April 7, 2006

County pursues new (green) site for jail – December 29, 2006

Jail gets a death sentence – March 16, 2007

Commissioners split on new jail options – July 6, 2007

Green site for jail gets another look – September 28, 2007

County explores six off-premise sites for building new jail – November 30, 2007

County leans toward southwest jail site – February 22, 2008

A jail breakthrough (the public works site) – April 11, 2008

New jail plan gets go-ahead, 3-2 – May 23, 2008

County jail plan takes a new turn – August 8, 2008

County sticks with public works jail site – August 15, 2008

County locks in jail site – August 27, 2008

County locks down jail bids of $12.9 million – March 20, 2009

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