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Broome County has a new text alert program to try to combat overdoses.

Mini-grants with $40,000 in funding is going to the Addiction Center of Broome County and Truth Pharm to work on opioid overdose prevention efforts.

Broome County Health Director Rebecca Kaufman talks about the problem, how the pandemic has impacted addiction disorders this weekend on Southern Tier Close Up.

An alert was sent to the media shortly after 4 p.m. March 6 announcing "reports of increased overdoses during the past 24 hours."

The Broome County Health Department is reporting an increase in the number drug overdoses in the month of February.

The number of fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses are down for the third quarter of 2020.

The number of deaths from drug overdoses being reported in Tioga County in 2019 is double what was reported the previous year.

$25,000 is available in 2020 for Broome County agencies to conduct opioid overdose awareness activities.

Broome County officials say there has been an increase in reports of drug overdoses between January 20-24.

A Binghamton woman is accused of driving while under the influence of drugs after she found in a vehicle that drove in reverse through a parking lot.