Dr. Conrad joins local hospital staff

COLFAX — Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics has a new doctor — Brent Conrad.

Born and raised in Colfax, Conrad, 31, is starting full-time this month.

A 2012 graduate of Colfax High School, Conrad said his medical career started by shadowing Dr. Johnson in high school.

“I felt like my calling was to come back to Whitman County and serve,” Conrad said, adding he previously provided summer coverage at the local hospital.

Conrad said he earned his undergraduate degree in biology at Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho.

“I was part of the first class of medical at Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine...