RAPID CITY - Regional Health has announced that it will begin providing primary medical care in Buffalo in December.

Since the closure of the Buffalo Community Health Center in February, Buffalo area residents have been forced to travel as far as Bowman, N.D., Belle Fourche or Spearfish for medical checkups, vaccinations or follow-up care.

The clinic will reopen as the Buffalo Regional Medical Clinic. A physicians assistant or nurse practitioner supported by physicians from Regional Medical Clinics and a nurse will staff the clinic

Regional Health Physicians is now accepting applications to staff the clinic. For more information, contact Leroy Krueger at 716-8389 or lkrueger@rcrh.org.