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Garrard Fiscal Court rejects health tax increase again
smojica@amnews.comLANCASTER — On Friday, Garrard Fiscal Court once again rejected a modest tax increase to help better fund the county’s health department. Marcia Hodge, director of the health department, pleaded with magistrates for the second time this...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Breast Cancer, Health Insurance Cost, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Restoration of the Grand Theater in Lancaster down to months, not years
kpeek@amnews.comLANCASTER — The Grand Theater renovation, which began as a dream in 2000 for McKinley Dailey and others in Garrard County, will soon become a completed reality. “We are down to months, not years. Pretty soon, it will be down to days,”...Tags: Justice System, Lonnie Napier, Crime, Law and Justice, Renovation, Lobbying
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UPDATED: Lancaster Council approves $10,000 for Garrard economic development
smojica@amnews.comLANCASTER — Lancaster City Council approved a resolution Tuesday to contribute $10,000 of 2012-13 city funds to the county Industrial Development Authority. Council members voted 5-0 in favor of the resolution. Councilwoman Maggie Mick, who is...Tags: Elections, Primaries, Government, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Garrard County Fiscal Court rejects health tax increase
kpeek@amnews.comLANCASTER — Garrard Fiscal Court declined to approve a tax increase Wednesday for the health department. The health district had requested its tax rate be increased by .25 of a cent, citing the need to offset cuts in funding and avoid possible...Tags: Health, Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Price goes up for renovating county offices
kpeek@amnews.comLANCASTER — Garrard Fiscal Court faces more concerns in the process of renovating all the county offices. Based on preliminary facts, renovating just the building where County Attorney Mark Metcalf is expecting to relocate will cost more than $100,...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Water Supply, Judges
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Garrard EMS adds bicycle medical units
smojica@amnews.comLANCASTER — Garrard County Emergency Medical Services now has one of only two bicycle medical units in Kentucky. Now, not only can five trained paramedics respond to emergencies at festivals or on ATV trails, but also those benefits come with...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Human Interest
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Garrard can't drop hospital tax
kpeek@amnews.comLANCASTER — Despite getting the hospital debt paid off early, Garrard County taxpayers will not yet see a relief on their insurance premium taxes, the Fiscal Court said Monday. That is because of a Kentucky statute that only allows insurance...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prices
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Tempers flare as Garrard County finally passes budget
tkleffman@amnews.comLANCASTER — The second floor of the Garrard County Courthouse got overheated Thursday, and not just because the air conditioner was on the fritz. Fiscal Court did manage to pass the county’s $10.1-million 2012-13 budget, but the special...Tags: Elections, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Garrard Fiscal Court moves forward with planned renovations
smojica@amnews.comLANCASTER — Garrard Fiscal Court took major steps Monday toward renovating the courthouse in downtown Lancaster. Magistrates unanimously approved three renovation projects for the courthouse and the court annex. The first renovation would allow the...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Renovation, Property Tax
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Garrard County pays off hospital debt
kpeek@amnews.comLANCASTER — Garrard County taxpayers can look forward to upcoming tax breaks, now that the $4.5 million hospital debt has been paid off 10 years earlier than originally estimated. Judge-Executive John Wilson told the Fiscal Court on Monday the debt...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Things get ugly before Garrard passes budget
tkleffman@amnews.comLANCASTER — The second floor of the Garrard County Courthouse got overheated Thursday, and not just because the air conditioner was on the fritz. Fiscal Court did manage to pass the county’s $10.1-million 2012-13 budget, but the special...Tags: Elections, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Garrard County extension office hosts open house
smojica@amnews.comLANCASTER — A 4,300-square-foot addition to the Garrard County Agricultural Extension Service office is virtually completed. Aside from a “few finishing touches,” the Stanford Road building expansion is complete, said Mary Hixson,...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Justice System, Housing and Urban Planning, Lonnie Napier, Crime, Law and Justice
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