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Officials discover inaccurate 9-1-1 signage in rural Eddy County

At their regular meeting on Wednesday, July 5, Eddy County commissioners heard from Road Superintendent Todd Weber and Emergency Manager Lisa Thompson about a problem with 9-1-1 signage in the county.

Thompson said the issue was discovered when Weber noticed a 9-1-1 sign on 20th Street NE – the road leading to the Golf Course and St. Johns Cemetery – which inaccurately read 30th Avenue.

“We starte...