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Governor Visits County to Present Hammond PSD with Grant

About 900 people in southern Brooke County received a double dose of good news this week.
Gov. Jim Justice announced a $1,287,333 grant for the Hammond Public Service District’s water treatment system.
The money will be used to match $4.6 million awarded by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and supplement a $1.2 million interim loan taken from the state Water Development Authority and $986,500 allocated by the Brooke County Commission.
In all, it’s…