The first shovelful of dirt flies on the site of the new Othello EMS hall outside Othello Community Hospital during a groundbreaking ceremony Monday. From left, EMS personnel Luis Valles, Kele Valles, Zahra Maldonado, Othello Community Hospital commissioners Gayle Bohannan and Shirley McCullough, EMS crew memberTiffany Cutforth, EMS director Jim Lomax, Othello Mayor Shawn Logan, OCH plant operations technician Roger Roylance and OCH administrator Connie Agenbroad.
April 18, 2023
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Construction begins on new Othello EMS facility
OTHELLO — For years, Othello Emergency Medical Services administrators saved money for a new ambulance hall, and on Monday EMS and Othello Community Hospital officials broke ground on the new facility. Jim Lomax, EMS coordinator, paid tribute to the EMS crew. “My wonderful staff, who have supported me so well for so long and made me look good,” Lomax said as he introduced them. “They do an awesome job under the worst circumstances, and they all deserve this wonderful place.” The project budget is $4.2 million, Lomax said. For that money, OCH and the EMS crew will get a significantly bigger ambulance hall...