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Describing the current emergency 9-1-1 system as “old and outdated,” Highland County Sheriff Donnie Barrera told the Highland County commissioners Wednesday that 9-1-1 coordinator Scott Miller and Emergency Management Director David Bushelman were in the final stages of applying for a grant to upgrade the system.

He said the cost of the upgrade was in the neighborhood of $167,000.

“It is a reimbursement grant,” Bushelman said. “It’s a 60/40…