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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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8:30am

Fri July 1, 2011
Garden Report

Summer Sun and Heat and Stress Your Plants

Credit Fort Collins Nursery

Our temperatures have rocketed from a cool, moist early June to July temperatures.  Plants can’t go to the basement or turn on the air conditioning.  Many may start suffering from the heat.  And different plants react differently to heat stress.

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4:00am

Fri July 1, 2011
Colorado Wildfires

Wildfire Concerns Worsen in Colorado

Credit KUNC file photo
Last September's destructive Four Mile Canyon Fire is still fresh in the minds of Boulder County officials.

Fire managers in Colorado are worried that resources will be stretched thin should large blazes spark along the rapidly drying Front Range over the holiday weekend. This as several small fires have already been keeping fire crews busy in places such as Boulder County.

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