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Officer’s outstanding career efforts honored

Officer’s outstanding career efforts honored Jason Mathews named ‘Correctional Officer of the Year’

By Amy Chaffins , May 02, 2012

Locked Up: Echo Press reporter goes to jail

Locked Up: Echo Press reporter goes to jail Confined. Scared. Trapped. Bored. That is how I felt Saturday night when I spent nearly four hours in the new Douglas County Jail.

By Celeste Beam , November 23, 2010

Open house scheduled at new Douglas County Jail

Open house scheduled at new Douglas County Jail An open house for the new Douglas County Jail is slated for this Friday.

By Staff Report , November 17, 2010

1068283 Sealed Bids - Douglas County Jail Furnishings

April 21, 2010

2009: A year for perils and progress

2009: A year for perils and progress Some may look back at 2009 and say, “Good riddance!” The year brought a variety of perils for Douglas County – an economic downturn, job cuts, zebra mussels, the H1N1 flu outbreak, disruptive snowstorms, fatal motor vehicle crashes and a sharp division between city and county leaders over sharing law enforcement space.

By By Al Edenloff, Editor and Celeste Beam, Staff Reporter , December 31, 2009

And the headlines read...

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

July 08, 2009

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Ground breaks for new jail

Ground breaks for new jail The ground was broken Monday morning on a project that has been in the works for several years.

By Celeste Beam , July 08, 2009

County locks down jail bids of $12.9 million

County locks down jail bids of $12.9 million After a lengthy discussion at a special board meeting Tuesday, the Douglas County jail project is moving forward.

By Celeste Beam , March 20, 2009

County locks in jail site

A new milestone has been reached in Douglas County’s long quest for a new jail. At a special meeting Monday morning, the Douglas County Board reaffirmed its plans to build a new jail at the site of the current public works center along 3rd Avenue West by giving the architectural firm the green light to proceed with the project.

By Al Edenloff , August 27, 2008

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County sticks with public works jail site

With the current estimated cost of the jail $780,000 over-budget, county commissioners have several options to choose from to bring that cost down.

By Mike Enright , August 15, 2008

County jail plan takes a new turn

At a special meeting Wednesday, the board re-opened the possibility of building a brand-new jail facility at a green site, one month after approving construction plans for a new Public Works building, part of a compromise meant to deal with the jail crisis.

By Mike Enright , August 08, 2008

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New jail plan gets go-ahead, 3-2

Plans for a joint jail and law enforcement center at the Douglas County Public Works location are progressing.

By By Erin Klegstad, Staff Reporter , May 23, 2008

A jail breakthrough

There might finally be an answer to the Douglas County Jail debate: the public works site.

By By Erin Klegstad, Staff Reporter , April 11, 2008

County leans toward southwest jail site

A once-divided Douglas County Board has reached a consensus: a piece of property for the jail project.

By By Erin Klegstad, Staff Reporter , February 22, 2008

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County explores six off-premise sites for building new jail

Douglas County has all but ruled out the downtown site for its jail project, as commissioners instead reviewed six available properties Tuesday.

By Erin Klegstad, Staff Reporter , November 30, 2007

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