Clinic makeover begins

Work is set to soon begin on a refurbishment of Hulett Hometown Clinic, the newly renamed facility belonging to Crook County Medical Services District.

After it became clear that the district would not be leaving the building to occupy the Red Bluffs Clinic built by the Crook County Medical Foundation, the board of trustees decided it was time for a facelift on a facility that has served the district for almost four decades.

CEO Micki Lyons told the board last week that she met with provider Bob Cummings and LPN Wilma Phillips to discuss the upgrades that should be addressed, having been a...