MAJOR EXPANSION AT TAFT CLINIC

People in under-served areas of western Kern County will have more health care options by next summer. Jerry Starr with the West Side Health Care District says they’ve secured $9.3-million to build a new primary care clinic next to their current building on East North Street in Taft. “We’ve had a groundbreaking and we’re moving ahead fairly aggressively with the construction, we’re well into the site preparation and the development of the plumbing and electricity.” The Rural Health Clinic accepts walk-ins every day of the week, the expansion adds new pediatric and family services.

Suzanne Grant