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10:42am

Tue July 5, 2011
Seasonal Farmworkers

Colorado, other Western States to Receive Federal Farmworker Grants

Credit U.S. Department of Labor

The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding nearly $84 million in grants to combat chronic unemployment and underemployment experienced by seasonal farm workers.  Colorado is set to receive more than $1 million of that funding.

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5:00am

Tue July 5, 2011
Local

In Forbes.com Ranking, Fort Collins-Loveland Area Makes Top Five

Credit city of Fort Collins

According to a new Forbes.com listing, Western cities—including the Fort Collins-Loveland region and Denver—are among the best places to do business in the country.

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6:00am

Mon July 4, 2011
Green building

NREL Office a Model for Energy Efficiency

Credit Dennis Schroeder / NREL
RSF Building

The Research Support Facility on the campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, has received top marks for energy efficiency. 

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6:00am

Mon July 4, 2011
Local

Visitation Down in Rocky Mountain National Park

Credit National Parks Service
Sprague Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park officials are seeing a busy July 4 weekend. It's traffic they hope will boost what have so far been lower attendance numbers in 2011.

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6:00am

Sat July 2, 2011
Health Care

Expected Tighter Spending on Health Care is Driving Hospitals to Partnerships

Credit Photo courtesy of University of Colorado Hospital.
Bruce Schroffel, president of the University of Colorado Hospital, is looking to expand the new health care network that UCH is forming with Poudre Valley Health System.

The Aurora-based University of Colorado Hospital will look to expand its network in other parts of the state after it nails down its just-announced deal in northern Colorado.

To the south, Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs hopes to expand its network beyond the state’s second largest city, if it can modify its limitations as a city-owned facility.

Those are just two of the ways in which Colorado hospitals are dealing with massive changes in the health care industry.

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