Hospital board seeking new member

The Petersburg Medical Center Board of Directors is looking for a new member after Steven Samuelson tendered his resignation via email last week.

The board accepted that resignation during a special meeting Saturday morning before a board training session.

Samuelson, who had served on the board since February 2014, was not at the meeting.

Reading from his letter, President Tim Koeneman said Samuelson would be in Juneau for many months, unable to serve.

His term would’ve expired in October.

“We regret that we lost him but” the board has to move on, member Kris Thynes said.

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