Dr. Gregory Grahek has been selected as interim Pueblo County coroner, pending a background check.

Grahek is a nurse practitioner in Pueblo.

Commissioner Miles Lucero expressed misgivings about Grahek's lack of experience in death care or death investigations.

Grahek's appointment will last the next 15 months, until the next coroner is decided by voters in the general election.

Dr. Gregory Grahek is set to become Pueblo County's interim coroner after being appointed by county commissioners following the resignation of former coroner Brian Cotter.

Commissioners voted Sept. 16 to appoint Grahek, a Pueblo nurse practitioner, who edged out Zolanye McCulley-Bachica, the second choice, by a few fractions of a point in a four-candidate SurveyMonkey survey, which scored candidates by ranke

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