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RIO GRANDE COUNTY- The Rio Grande County Board of Commissioners released a statement regarding the most recent resignation of Interim Public Health Director Toni Steffens-Steward. Steward turned in her resignation Tuesday, Sept. 8, after serving as the Interim Public Health Director since mid-July. Steward is the second Interim Director to quit since the county fired Public Health Director Emily Brown. The County reiterated what occurred over the last several months and summed it up in one word: COVID. The board stated again that Brown’s termination had to do with the untimely and inaccurate information not being shared with the Board of Health and the plain refusal from Brown to share pertinent information with law enforcement officials and first responders who may have been responding to a home with positive COVID cases. The county also stated that once Brown was gone and they hired Public Health Nurse Paul Wertz as the interim director, they were working on reestablishing communication within the department and working to fully staff the department when Wertz quit without notice. The board stated that Wertz came to them with a list of demands, most of which they

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