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Melissa Memorial Hospital personnel display a Certificate of Excellence awarded to the facility by Colorado Rural Health Center. Pictured in the front row, from the left, are Mary Kay Knode, Jennifer Hughes, Dan Lakandili, Karen Hooker, Kim O’Neil, Erica Long and Armando Castaneda. In the back, from left, are Jayden Miracle, Jimmie Bailey III, Elly Bailey, Sherry Stephens and Jo Palser.
MMH ranked in the top three for critical access hospitals
Colorado Rural Health Center recognized Holyoke’s Melissa Memorial Hospital recently as one of the top three of 32 critical access hospitals in the state.
City council approves bonuses, plats and hangar leases
Holyoke City Council began their meeting last Tuesday with four agenda items: They involved holiday bonuses, a liquor license, the city ballpark and prize money.
Former County Commissioner Joe Kinnie speaks shortly before 10 a.m. Friday on the declining wells in Phillips County. Commissioner Tom Timm echoed this idea later, stating he wanted to vote on wind energy regulations that day to open new opportunities in the face of a drought. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
Commissioners open county to future wind farms
With their final decision Friday, Phillips County Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of a resolution and regulations governing the placement of wind energy facilities in the county.