With the shortage of doctors throughout the country, attracting physicians to rural hospitals has always been a challenge. Recently, though, the CEO at Southeast Arizona Medical Center has brought a few new doctors here, which helps round out the type of health providers available to this area.

The pilot of a medical airplane became disoriented in the mountainous terrain around Ruidoso's municipal airport before an August 2007 crash that killed all five people aboard, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board concluded.

A local medical helicopter provider is planning to move its flight center away from Tallahassee. And local officials aren't sure how it will affect their ability to provide proper health care.