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Public defender investigator urges county help to open warming center after frostbite and safety incidents
Summary
A public defender investigator told commissioners that local homeless clients are at acute risk from cold weather, citing frostbite and emergency hospitalizations, and urged the county to seek grants and community volunteers to open a warming center; commissioners agreed to seek grant assistance.
A public defender office investigator urged the Curry County Commission to act immediately to establish a warming center, citing recent client encounters and the potential for fatal hypothermia.
The investigator said a homeless client was in "beginning stages of frostbite on his finger" and…
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