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Planning to transfer a vehicle? Do so soon or wait until much later

If you are planning to renew your motor vehicle or boat registration, plan to transfer a motor vehicle or a boat, get a new license plate issued for your vehicle, need to get a disabled parking permit issued or even think you might need to do one of these things in the near...
Posted On 13 Dec 2023

Whitley County Clerk gets clean audit report

Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis has received a clean financial bill of health, according to a recently released audit by Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon’s office into her 2022 financial statement for the clerk’s fee account. “The auditor noted no instances of...
Posted On 25 Nov 2023

Whitley County Clerk gets clean audit report

Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis has received a clean financial bill of health, according to a recently released audit by Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon’s office into her 2021 financial statement for the clerk’s fee account. “The auditor noted no instances of...
Posted On 19 Sep 2022

You can now request a mail-in ballot for May Primary Election

The May 17 Primary Election in Whitley County will look a little different than past elections with some good changes and one not so good change. First the good changes. Voters will be casting ballots at one of eight voting centers across Whitley County rather than at one of the...
Posted On 08 Apr 2022

New voting machines in place for May Primary Election

When voters go to the polls on May 17 in Whitley County, they will be voting on entirely new machines. Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis said that voters shouldn’t have any problems using the new machines as they are very similar to what the voters have been using the last...
Posted On 07 Apr 2022

Whitley County Clerk digitizes plats going back to 1800s

Thanks to the miracle of technology, all of the maps and plats in the Whitley County Clerk’s Office have now been digitized and preserved for all time. “All of the Whitley County plats that have been recorded in the clerk’s office have been digitized. It is every plat we have...
Posted On 31 Dec 2021

Common Election Day problem solved

During a normal Election Day, workers at the Whitley County Clerk’s Office traditionally get multiple phone calls with the same complaint, which deals with would be voters going to a voting precinct only to be told that they are at the wrong location. “On Election Day it happens...
Posted On 30 Dec 2021

Whitley County Clerk receives clean audit from Mike Harmon, Auditor of Public Accounts

The Whitley County Clerk’s office received a clean audit from Mike Harmon, the Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts. “I was pleased to have a good clean audit,” said Carolyn Willis, the Whitley County Clerk. “That’s what we strive for – to do the best for our county.” Kay...

With week remaining in election, Whitley County poised for 40 percent voter turnout

With a week remaining in the 2020 general election, Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis said she expected more than 40 percent of registered Whitley County voters to cast a ballot. As early voting continues through Monday and mail-in ballots continuing to come in, Willis said a...

Voters elect Huff, Willis by sizeable margins

One week after the last votes were cast in the 2020 Kentucky Primary Election were cast, the results were certified, and 82nd District State Rep. Regina Petrey Huff, R-Williamsburg, and Interim Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis each won their respective races by wide margins....