County finally gets FEMA reimbursements

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Some two years after the fact, Jefferson County has finally been compensated by the federal government for expenses it incurred in cleanup operations in the wake of hurricanes in 2024. Clerk of Court Trey Hightower informed the Jefferson County Board of County Commission Commissioners on Thursday, April 16, that the county had at that point received $4,173,687.75 in reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). The reimbursemen