County Commissioners discuss emergency preparedness and ongoing maintenance

September is Disaster Preparedness Month, and Jess Earle, Emergency Manager for Foster and Eddy counties, presented information at the Eddy County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

First, Earle reported on her task of working the assessment figures for July 8 storm damage. She did not have final totals available, as she is waiting for some of the numbers to come in as work is completed throu...