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Trick or Treat with the WPPD

Halloween will be here in three days. As with most events in 2020, even Halloween has been impacted by COVID-19. Some areas of the Golden Triangle have cancelled festivities to try and slow the spread of the virus. Happily, West Point will still allow trick or treating, Saturday, Oct.

Clay County Sheriff's Deputy is a hero

The day was just like any other for Lt. Cassondra Smith of the Clay County Sheriff's Department. She performed wellness checks on some of the elderly people who live alone in the county. During her normal routine, she had a desire to go in another direction Friday, Oct. 16.

Episcopal Church makes returning to school a littel easer

In all West Point schools, classes have been taking place online, with distance learning since the first week in September. The West Point Consolidated School District has created a hybrid learning environment as a return to the classroom, that began Tuesday.

Episcopal Church taking orders for live trees

Father Randy Sellers of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, noticed during the previous year, there is nowhere in West Point to buy live Christmas trees.

West Point second in the nation for volunteer fundraising event

Betty Sparrow is a volunteer with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, as Congressional District 1 Action Lead Volunteer. She sells hand-painted luminairies and gourds in honor of and in memory of those who have battled cancer.

Cedar Bluff Quilters hold raffle

The piecing and stitching of a hand-made quilt is becoming a lost art. Most people own a family heirloom that was created by a grandmother or great grandmother and was handed down.

Supervisors adopt 2021 budget

Circuit Clerk, Kim Hood came to the Clay County Board of Supervisors to authorize and approve the contract with Robert Harrell Jr., to assist with programing the machines for the upcoming special election.

CCBOS tables bids for garbage truck until Monday

The Clay County Board of Supervisors opened online bidding, as advertised for the purchase of a 2020 garbage truck, at 9 a.m. Thursday. Chancery Clerk Amy Berry monitored the bidding process during the meeting via Finley Ward Central Bidding. Bids were to close at 10 a.m.

Sectman asks for an additional 144k to pave Deerfield Subdivision

Ward 3 Selectman Ken Poole asked the West Point Board of Selectmen for an additional $144,000, for the paving of Deerfield Subdivision, where Poole is a resident.

Selectmen approve substation project

During the meeting of the West Point Board of Selectmen, the board approved an invoice for payment of engineering services for the SAWW grant Yokohama Boulevard, sewer extension project , (request for cash from ARC) Phylis Benson in the amount of $35,424.