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Residents, commissioners urge county to press federal officials on Indian Health Service lease closures
Summary
Speakers and several commissioners at the Beltrami County meeting urged the board to request a plan from Robert Kennedy Jr. regarding closures of Indian Health Service offices and to consider a joint county letter; Administrator Barry offered to invite IHS to brief the board.
Speakers and commissioners at a Beltrami County Board meeting pressed elected officials to seek federal answers after public commenters said local Indian Health Service offices face lease cancellations that could affect medical services and jobs.
Sarah Larson, who identified herself as a robotics coach and a frequent user of IHS services, said she does not live in Beltrami County but spoke on behalf of people who rely on the Cass Lake and Bemidji IHS offices. “I am here obviously to speak on behalf of, what's going on with the lease at the, IHS building, which is due to be canceled,” Larson said. She asked the board to “write a letter to, Robert Kennedy junior and demand a plan for how the services are going to continue forward from here.”
Larson said the Cass Lake office…
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