Memphis and Shelby County mayors declare state of emergency
Plows clear streets Downtown as snow falls Jan. 15. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The declarations from Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Memphis Mayor Paul Young are necessary to access state and federal disaster assistance.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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