Most local fire departments and emergency responders expect to adhere with a federal mandate that requires all mobile radios switch to narrowband frequencies by the time the county makes the transition later this month. The Washington County Department of Public Safety, which oversees the county’s 911 system and dispatches information to 27 fire departments, including [...]
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Funding elimination forces closure of early warning flood gauges: One site in Granville, one in Lake Champlain
By Derek Liebig Two flood gauges which served as early-warning systems during this year’s heavy flooding will be turned off in March, because there is no more funding available for them. One of the gauges is located on the Mettowee River, 110 feet downstream from the bridge on County Route 21 in Middle Granville, [...]
Emergency Declared
By Derek Liebig For the second time in less than a month, flooding has caused local officials to declare a state of emergency. Mayor Peter Telisky declared a state of emergency last week for areas of the village still inundated by flood waters. The decree was made on Friday, May 23 and ended yesterday. The [...]
Flood threat not receding
By Derek Liebig Despite a break in the rainy weather, flooding continues to be a problem for residents who live along the canal and Lake Champlain. After a long period of rain, many were hoping a stretch of dry weather over the weekend would provide respite from the flooding, but such has not been the [...]
Rough Weekend; waters rise
By Derek Liebig Temperatures may have reached into the 70’s over the weekend but the affects of a long and snowy winter were still being felt as local residents deal with some of the worse flooding many have seen in years. Water levels throughout Whitehall reached flood levels after several days of persistent rainfall and [...]
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