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The San Juan Basin Public Health board voted Thursday evening to pursue a forward-looking resolution and pursue a “lessons learned” approach after the release of a report on the COVID-19 emergency com...
A report detailing the distribution of emergency compensation to senior leadership at San Juan Basin Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic is dividing those charged with oversight of the departme...
Three members of the newly created La Plata County Board of Health resigned Thursday – two days after county commissioners stripped the board of its duty to hire a public health director.The resignati...
The pandemic highlighted the power of local health departments and brought backlash from people who said these authorities were overreaching. In the wake of the turmoil, many were overhauled, leaving an outsized impact on rural parts of the country. With support from the Pulitzer Center and in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center, Dr. Alok Patel reports for our series, Rural RX.
La Plata County commissioners and the La Plata County Board of Health took 2½ hours this week to hear and discuss a report from consultants on considerations for the structure and services of La Plata...