A decision appears imminent on an effort to provide a new headquarters for the Emergency Medical Services operated by the Dawson County Hospital District (DCHD).
District board members have a special meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday to discuss constructing a new EMS headquarters and funding it with coronavirus funding.
Board members have been considering either relocating the EMS staff and their ambulances to current facilities or constructing a new station. The current station on S. Austin Ave. is across town from the hospital.
The board could direct MAH Chief Executive Officer Letha Stokes to dip into the COVID-19 relief funds during their ...