Local Emergency Management Partners Gather To Prepare For Hurricane Season

RAUL GARCIA | STAFF WRITER, The Monitor (Texas)
Thu, 05/24/2018 - 6:15am

MERCEDES — Dick and Joan Volkmann were sitting in the front row taking notes.

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