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HOLBROOK — Residents in Navajo and Apache counties dealing with an emergency now have the option of sending a text message to 911 operators now that new technology has been implemented.

A Monday, Dec. 21 press release from Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Tori Gorman stated that the NCSO, the Show Low Regional Public Safety Communications facility and White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department are all in on the new 911 text messaging option now available because of funding for the required software to get it up an running that came from the Arizona 911 Office…