It's a New Year, and Dawson County Emergency Services has a new director. Chief Lanier Swafford was promoted in December when longtime director Billy Thurmond retired. There was not a whole lot of celebration over the Dawson County native's promotion.
DCES restructures command staff
Rexroat named Deputy Chief of Administrative Services
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