Winston County Commission

DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Winston County Commission has responded to a letter to the editor published recently in the Alabamian, noting that costs related to the county judicial/jail facility have put a “hole in the road repair and maintenance bucket.”

WINSTON COUNTY - The Winston County Commission has set Saturday, April 22, 2023, as County-wide Cleanup Day in coordination with County Transfer Station in Haleyville, Pace Inc. Landfill in Lynn and Hyche Landfill in Addison. Landfills will be open to the public for free from 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

WINSTON COUNTY - Governor Kay Ivey has awarded $16,500 to the Winston County Commission to be used for the COIN Program for local at-risk youth.

WINSTON COUNTY - After delays in paperwork and shuffling funding sources, LUCAS - or automated CPR devices - have been distributed to the remaining seven fire departments in the county which have been without this key life-saving equipment.

HALEYVILLE - Issues being faced by the Winston County Commission are not just related to state, but also federal funding concerns, Commission Chairman Roger Hayes said during his state-of-the-county address to the Haleyville Area Chamber of Commerce Friday, Nov. 4.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Family and friends of outgoing Winston County Commissioner Bobby Everett filled every available seat at the Monday, Oct. 31, commission meeting to voice their support for Everett at his last meeting after serving the past 12 years.

BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST - A proposal has been made to the Winston County Commission that a canoe or kayak rental business on the Sipsey River would provide an economic boom for Winston County as well as showcase the natural beauty of the Bankhead National Forest.

WINSTON COUNTY - The Winston County Commission has announced that Saturday, Oct. 22, will be the day for the annual countywide fall cleanup.

DOUBLE SPRINGS - Some local residents are claiming discrimination when it comes to a lack of repairs on a deteriorating road, citing Winston County officials have not kept their promises to check into the matter and see something was done.

WINSTON COUNTY - Winston County will have a new commissioner for District 1.

Rutger Hyche received 1,875 votes or 53.82% of the vote in the May 24, Republican Primary to defeat incumbent commissioner Bobby Everett, according to results posted on the Alabama Secretary of State's website.  Everett received 1,062 votes for 30.48% of the vote.  Mike Bailey received 547 votes for 15.70% of the vote.