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KEYSER, W.Va. — The Mineral County emergency center handled nearly 8,000 calls to its 911 lines from March through December of last year, according to Luke McKenzie, director of Emergency Services that includes emergency management, 911 and mapping and addressing.

“We only have statistics starting at the middle of March of 2020 because we put in a new phone system,” McKenzie said.

In addition to 7,964 calls to its 911 lines, Mineral County’s emergency center handled 16,880 administrative calls. The center also logged 12,451 outgoing calls…