County health board begins search for Thornburn's replacement

By MIKE HUFFMAN

Staff Reporter

One head, it would appear, is better than two.

Now that Spokane Regional Health District board members have agreed to keep the same command structure for the department, a search can begin for a new health officer.

That will begin after board members agree on a job description and salary range, which will be up for discussion at the their next meeting on May 24.

Whoever gets the job, though, will have to have some administrative experience to go with his or her medical background. That's because the board was nearly evenly split on whether or not the jobs of chie...