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Commerce CofC Expects Emergency Center To Reopen Soon; Tractor Supply Coming

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Commerce Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Paul Voss says he expects the Hunt Regional Emergency Center in Commerce to reopen by the end of the month, as Hunt Regional officials have indicated.  The Commerce staff has temporarily been transferred to the emergency center at the Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville as it attempts to manage the COVID-19 outbreak.  Also, Paul says he has recently received confirmation that a new Tractor Supply store will be built on Live Oak Street, west of the Taco Bell.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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