Cass Township board president Jack Watson stands last summer next to a ditch carved out of solid rock on Stultz Road in south-central Texas County thanks to funding from the Disaster Recovery Jobs Program (DRJP). The first phase of the federally-funded program ended last October after pumping more than million into Texas County rural road maintenance during its two-year run. Another phase began last week.

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