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Colorado required to share personal Medicaid data with federal government, which can be used by immigration authorities

In January, the state’s flagship safety net hospital, Denver Health, distributed a one-page notice about patient privacy that carried groundshaking implications, especially for Colorado’s immigrant ...
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National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees

Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, formerly known as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is also shedding workers. The cuts ...
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Glenwood Caverns files for bankruptcy following $205 million judgement over child’s death

The company that runs Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in light of a nine-figure liability owed to the parents of a 6-year-old girl who died at their park. Wongel ...
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At a Colorado pig farm, women employees were repeatedly abused, mistreated and harassed by male bosses

An Eastern Plains pig farm has agreed to pay $334,500 after multiple female employees reported routine sexual comments, propositions for sex and were intruded on while showering, frequently touched ...
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Lauren Antonoff Hart

Lauren joined CPR in 2023 as a Digital News Fellow and became an Audience Editor in 2024. Before joining CPR, Lauren worked on film and television sets across the country, served as an Audience Editor ...
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After a historic low snow winter, Coloradans look to incoming storms for relief

Something has been missing from Colorado’s mountains this winter: snow. Across the Mountain West, snowpack is at historic lows. Which raises big concerns about water supplies and wildfire risk heading ...
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RTD Board Chair believes FasTracks will never be built — and alternatives should be considered

The Chair of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors, Patrick O'Keefe, believes FasTracks will never be built and should look to other alternatives for the future. FasTracks is ...
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Young athletes are prone to concussions. Now, parents and coaches can learn how to recognize them

Each year, about two million children, many while playing organized sports, suffer concussions. But, according to concussions researcher Jaclyn Stephens, an occupational therapist and associate ...
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Colorado Springs City Council gives Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple a unanimous thumbs up

After a few hours of discussion Colorado Springs City Council voted 8-0 to allow the plan to build a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple to move forward without special restrictions.
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Alejandro A. Alonso Galva

Alejandro is a first-generation American and second-generation radio kid from Arecibo, Puerto Rico via Omaha, Nebraska. His tios did Spanish language radio in Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Habemus archiepiscopum! Colorado Springs bishop James Golka appointed as next archbishop of Denver

The Vatican didn’t look far to find the next archbishop of Denver. Pope Leo XIV appointed Colorado Springs Bishop James Golka as the sixth Archbishop of Denver. The Holy See made the announcement on ...
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Despite new murder trial, Grand Junction man convicted in pipebombing case can’t challenge lesser convictions, court rules

A Grand Junction man set to go back on trial more than 30 years after being sentenced for a string of deadly bombings will not get a new hearing on his lesser convictions, even though the relevant ...