For one woman, a simple routine checkup made all the difference in preventing an otherwise-undetected cancer from spreading.

Coal Country Community Health Center is pleased to welcome Sonja Bosch, Licensed Master Addiction Counselor, to our CCCHC Behavioral Health Team. Sonja provides substance use disorder assessments along with individual, group, and Intensive Outreach Program services.

While Kurt Waldbillig only started his position at Sakakawea Medical Center and Coal Country Community Health Center a month ago, he's a familiar face to some of veteran staff, providers and community members.

Coal Country Community Health Center is now offering virtual care visits Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. as an additional way to interact with you! Schedule an appointment today through MyChart or call the clinic at (701) 873-4445.

Beginning in June, Coal Country Community Health Center will be holding preventive wellness exams and/or sports physical for children and adolescents needing sports physicals for the 2023-2023 school year. Extended hours are available! When calling your preferred clinic to schedule your youth wellness exam, please indicate if you want a sports physical only. Most insurances cover a wellness/preventive exam that includes a sports physical. If you want a sports physical only, the cost is $40 at the time of the visit.

When you think of clinics and the services they provide, images of furnaces and showers are unlikely to come to mind.

Coal Country Community Health Center will be holding preventative wellness exams for students in PreK-12th grade in May. A wellness exam may include a sports physical for the 2023-2024 school year if requested. The sports physical will be valid through the 2024 school year.

Dr. Ann Ruffo is now accepting new patients for Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy at CCCHC Hazen Clinic.

Coal Country Community Health Center Foundation knows how important it is that local residents gain the skills to be our community’s health care providers of tomorrow. We are pleased to invite graduating seniors who are seeking a career in a medical field (e.g., physician, nurse, therapist, technologist, pharmacist, etc.) to apply for a CCCHCF scholarship. Four $500 scholarships will be awarded.

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in both men and women in the United States. Combined, it’s estimated there will be more than 150,000 new cases of colon and rectal cancer reported in the U.S. in 2023 alone. Colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer don’t always cause symptoms, especially at first. That’s why getting screened is so important. With early screening and testing, it is preventable, treatable, and beatable! The CDC updated recommendations to begin screening for colon cancer starting at age 45. This March during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we encourage you and your loved ones to be aware of risk factors and get screened.