PHD announces new CFO
Board institutes AI limitations for staff By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff More than a month after a slew of resignations, the Panhandle Health District announced Oct. 8 that it has hired Scott Hurlbert as its...
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PHD officials resign amid ongoing internal investigation
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Panhandle Health District Board of Health held a special meeting Sept. 3 to accept the resignations of three top officials, including Director Erik Ketner, for yet-undisclosed reasons. Former-Chair Thomas...
PHD passes budget, funds clinic overhaul
Commissioners consider “concierge medical services” for employees By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Commissioners from the five northern counties met June 18 with Panhandle Health District officials to reconsider the organization’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget after...
PHD prepares to submit budget proposal, institute clinic changes
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff In preparation for their upcoming Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal, representatives of Panhandle Health District met May 5 with the Bonner County Board of Commissioners to discuss anticipated expenses and...
‘What in the world is going on at Panhandle Health’
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Panhandle Health District Board of Health Chair Thomas Fletcher gave an update to the Bonner County board of commissioners Aug. 26, introducing incoming PHD Medical Director Gregory Pennock and making...
PHD board debates nature of public health, role of clinical services
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District Board of Health held a public strategic planning meeting May 10, to discuss clinical services and the district’s priorities going forward. Chair Dr. Thomas Fletcher...
Panhandle Health District to host meeting on clinical services
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District Board of Health met April 17 to discuss the logistics of its upcoming “strategic planning meeting,” which will be a public workshop on the district’s...
‘It’s the zeitgeist of this moment in America — maybe the whole world’
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff The Panhandle Health District board devoted its Feb. 20 meeting to the topic of informed consent for childhood vaccinations, which drew a crowd of medical professionals and members of...
