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Published December 31, 2009, 12:05 AM

2009: A year for perils and progress

Some may look back at 2009 and say, “Good riddance!” The year brought a variety of perils for Douglas County – an economic downturn, job cuts, zebra mussels, the H1N1 flu outbreak, disruptive snowstorms, fatal motor vehicle crashes and a sharp division between city and county leaders over sharing law enforcement space.

By: By Al Edenloff, Editor and Celeste Beam, Staff Reporter, Alexandria Echo Press

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