Porterfield is stepping down from hospital board

RECOGNITION Letha Hughes, chief executive officer of the Dawson County Hospital District, presented an engraved stone to Kenneth Porterfield in appreciation for his six years of service on the district’s board of directors. Porterfield announced this past week that he is leaving his seat on the board, having moved outside the election district he has been representing. (Russel Skiles/Press-Reporter)

After six years on the board of directors of the Dawson County Hospital District, Kenneth Porterfield is stepping down.

Porterfield said he has moved out of the Precinct 2 election district that he has represented since 2006.

“I have really, really enjoyed being on this board,” Porterfield said at the conclusion of Wednesday’s regular monthly meeting.

“It’s been a unique experience. I really hate to leave.”

Porterfield began his most recent term on the board in May, having been unopposed in seeking re-election.

“I started that term just about  two weeks before we decided to move,” Porterfield said.  

The move changed his residence from Precinct 2 to Precinct 4, he said.


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