Clay Electric drops power cost, raises access charge
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher Clay Electric Cooperative said that beginning in July, it is reducing the power cost adjustment it charges its members by...
School board member wants to replace school police dept.
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— School board member Erin Skipper told her colleagues that she wants the school district to abolish its police...
Roark leaving Baptist Clay
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher Baptist Clay President Darin Roark, who has led the Baptist Clay medical campus in Fleming Island for 10 years and...
Big wins for Clay’s economic development – Niagara and IKO could bring over 300 jobs
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher The president of Clay County’s economic development corporation reviewed two of the county’s recent wins in attracting jobs to the...
76 books removed from library shelves – School board discusses cutting funds for high school book purchases
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher The school district’s chief academic officer told school board members that the district has removed 76 books from school libraries...
Sheriff describes plans for school shootings
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher Sheriff Michelle Cook described three different scenarios under which her agency and the school district would reunify students with their...
Clay projects survive DeSantis veto
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher All but one of the appropriations earmarked for Clay County in Florida’s 2023-2024 budget survived Gov. Ron DeSantis’s line-item veto....
Clay lost 5 jobs in May, but workforce grew by 876
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher The unemployment rate in Clay County increased by 0.4 percentage points in May, increasing from 2.2% in April to 2.6%...
Hope is Restored cuts ribbon on office
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher A Clay County nonprofit dedicated to helping children and women recover from human trafficking cut the ribbon on its new...
Lawmakers brief community on session
BY DAN HILDEBRAN ClayCivic.com Publisher State Senator Jennifer Bradley, Rep. Sam Garrison, and Rep. Bobby Payne recapped Florida’s 2023 legislative session during a briefing hosted...