Hyper-Reach Replaces Code Red for Emergency Alerts! Here's How to Sign Up!

 Scan the QR Code or click the following link to sign up!!

http://hyper-reach.com/mswinstonsignup.html



Telephone-based mass notification systems are used by thousands of public safety agencies across the US to warn citizens about local emergencies, hazards, and other threats. Now Winston County announces they have selected Hyper-Reach to help bring this same life-saving capability to the area. Hyper-Reach is a state-of-the-art mass emergency notification system designed specifically for public safety.

The new emergency alert system will provide rapid notification of hazardous and urgent situations using a mix of telephone calls, text and email messages, and even TTY/TDD service for the hearing impaired. The system sends thousands of these messages to geographically targeted households in seconds, and can simultaneously deliver them to an even broader audience via social media, as well as sending broadcast messages to most current mobile telephones (made since 2011) in an affected area by providing access to FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system.

The County plans to use the service primarily for alerts about weather and environmental hazards, criminal activity, and missing persons. Landline phones are automatically enrolled for Community alerts, but Weather alerts to landline phones and Community and Weather alerts to VoIP phones, mobile phones, and email addresses are only included when people enroll. Residents and people who work in Winston County are encouraged to enroll now (using a county address) either by calling or texting “Alert” to 662-446-4228 or by going to the website:

http://hyper-reach.com/mswinstonsignup.html

Residents can also download the Hyper-Reach Anywhere app on their smartphones. Hyper-Reach Anywhere is a free smartphone app that allows individual residents to manage and monitor the alerts they receive, both for their home, office, and other addresses they care about, such as those of elderly relatives or friends.

Residents can get emergency alerts via their Alexa-enabled smart speakers just by saying “Alexa, enable Hyper-Reach” and following the Alexa-provided instructions. With more than 50 million US households using Alexa devices, there are hundreds of County residents with Alexa units.

Delinquent Tax List to Be Published August 9th

2023 delinquent tax will be published in the Winston County Journal. Names are required to be published and it is to make the taxpayer aware of their delinquent taxes. Names will be in the August 9th edition. To keep your name from being published in the journal, your taxes will need to be paid by August 5th.--

Board of Supervisor's Agenda - August 5, 2024







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WEBSITE CHANGES AND MOVES 04/29/2024

The Winston County government website is now winstoncountyms.org.
Visitors to the old site (winstonms.com) should be automatically directed to the new site. However, due to some variance in web browsers and an ongoing transfer between Google Domains and Square Space, a visitor may be required to select a provided link to move to the new site. Once these issues are settled, all users will be redirected. .

All offices should inform any contacts of the new address. The old address will remain online for one year before removal.

EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST - THE OLD SITE WILL BE MODIFIED AND ALL PAGES WILL BE REMOVED EXCEPT THE HOME PAGE. 

Thank you for your assistance in this transition.

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Welcome to Our Updated Website

Welcome  to our website. We are in the process of updating our pages with a goal of making the site more user friendly, more informative and more responsive to mobile devices. Please check back often as we continue to improve.