Gleason to head Havre Care Center

Northern Montana Hospital is calling up a hot shot health care administrator from the clinic in Chester to run their Care Center.

Ronald Gleason, the current CEO of the Liberty Medical Center, will be headed to Havre after a five-year reign in Chester that saw his hospital pull out of a financial slump and into a growing, upgraded and innovative modern health care facility.

Born in Kalispell and raised in Ronan, Gleason went to the University of Montana before moving to Spokane, Wash., for a career at a regional public accounting firm, where he eventually became a partner.

After eight years...