FEMA Opens Disaster Recovery Center

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Published September 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM EDT

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have opened a disaster recovery center in Knox County. FEMA officials have opened the new center at First Baptist Church Artemus, located at 3085 KY Highway 225, a week after individual assistance for the area was approved.

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