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Hospital board, fire recovery top items for commissioners at meeting

RBC | The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners held its regular public meeting last week in Meeker. Commissioners Doug Overton and Callie Scritchfield attended, while Commissioner Jennifer O’Hearon was absent as she was in Washington, D.C., on county business meeting with senators.

The meeting opened with public comment from resident Bobby Gutierrez. He asked about moving the health service district board back to a seven-person board, which voters first approved in 2006. 

“The…