 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. On Tuesday, October 4th, the Pike County Health Department hosted a grand reopening ribbon-cutting in Belfry. The department plans on taking this opportunity to upgrade their services for the betterment of Belfry and Phelps. Mountain Top News spoke with Public Health Director Tammy Riley to learn more. The significance is expanded services for the Belfry and Phelps community. The Pike County Health Department is leading our community in prevention. In order to accomplish that goal, we needed better access to the residents of the Belfry and Phelps communities. The Belfry location closed multiple times during the pandemic. So we reopened this summer and in visiting the location, I realized that I wanted to upgrade the facility to better serve Belfry and Phelps. Riley is seeking to improve on all fronts, both with the community and staff. She wants to not only increase the amount of services offered, but the availability as well. Well, we have expanded services. We're here Monday, Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 until 4.30. And we offer most services that you could receive at the Pikeville location. You can receive here at the Belfry Health Department located inside the Belfry Courthouse building. Now, some of those services do need to be initiated at the Pikeville location, like family planning, for example. However, once established, you can continue that service here at Belfry. And many services can be initiated and fully provided here at the Belfry location right off of US 119. As more residents are utilizing this resource, I will be able to expand staff hours and more services. So I'm really looking forward to continue to provide the best possible service for Belfry and Phelps. Because, you know, the Pike County Health Department, we're about prevention, promotion and protection. Reporting for Mountaintop News, I'm Nick Collum.