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CLAY COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Clay County leaders said they desperately need a new radio system for their 911 center.

County leaders are trying to get funding to improve that system — all to make sure the county’s residents are as safe as possible when handling life-or-death situations.

Becky Pritt, the emergency management director in Clay County, said sometimes dispatchers and first responders have to repeat themselves more than five times — or even leave scenes to get cell phone service to call the dispatch center…