Future of proposed county detention center hangs on February sales tax vote

Garvin County voters will go to the polls Feb. 11 to decide a county sales tax proposition that, if approved, will levy a 1% sales tax to pay for a new stand-alone county detention center. The new facility would replace the current 50-year-old jail located in the Garvin County courthouse annex, providing additional bed space, modern security and technology and floor plan updates to meet current...