New school board member appointed

The school board of Sweetwater County School District No. 2 voted Tuesday evening to appoint Daniel Flom to fill a vacated seat on the board. The term runs through November and Flom will need to run for election this fall to keep his seat beyond that point. Two other seats on the school board will also be on the general election ballot this year. The filing period for those seats began Wednesday and ends Aug. 29. Flom, an underground diesel mechanic who unsuccessfully ran for a school board seat in 2020, will be sworn in Monday. His wife is a middle school teacher in the district.

Flom fills t...