Town of Empire gets $4M to upgrade water system

Thankfully since then they've gotten the leak in the system repaired and the new well up and running, but now the decades-old water system running through town is getting a big upgrade thanks to federal dollars secured by U.S. Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse, whose district includes Empire. "We worked hard to fight and advocate for $4 million worth of resources that we could secure at the federal level as part of the last appropriations cycle to bring those resources to bear so that a community like Empire could ultimately have a water distribution system for the 21st century," Neguse said. "It could serve them for the next hundred years, maybe not 100, but certainly for a while."