Philip Turner’s commute is a beautiful drive down Highway 84, off the caprock in rural West Texas. He’s a paramedic with Scurry County EMS, about 90 miles southeast of his home in Lubbock. Turner is passionate about his work serving West Texans in Snyder and surrounding communities, where some rely on their rural health service as the nearest medical resources.
“These are amazing people and the work that’s put in, we care,” Turner said. “Not just our immediate community, but anyone we come in contact with.”
But in the last few months, the sharp increase in the price of gas has put added pressure on Americans, especially in rural areas where the drives are farther, and the resources are more sparse…