The Clark County Jail will no longer be used to hold inmates whose crimes originated outside the county. The jail policy was changed in November after questions arose about three protesters who were ...

Clark County officials are working to figure out next steps after voters rejected a proposed sales tax increase to build a new Clark County jail. Residents voted against the 20-year, 0.5% sales tax ...

Clark County’s current sales tax is 7.25%, which includes the state sales tax of 5.75% and the county sales tax of 1.5%. This ballot measure would have increased the sales tax to 7.75%.

The levy would have increased sales tax by .5% for 20 years. News Center 7 reported in October that county commissioners stated the Clark County Jail is considered extremely overcapacity. “The ...