New trustee to join hospital board

The Board of Trustees for Crook County Medical Services District has selected a replacement board member to serve out the remaining time in Joey Kanode’s term as the trustee for Moorcroft. Kanode stepped down in February, announcing that he did not want his name associated with the board and disagreed with decisions that had been made.

On Wednesday, the board announced that his replacement will be Ed Ray of Moorcroft.

“We did have a lot of interest over this,” said Trustee Sandy Neiman.

Ray was chosen from two candidates who had been selected for interview via the internet by Neiman and Truste...