25 Colorado counties are ‘maternity care deserts’
Getting prenatal care for her first child was a relative breeze, Cheianne Pogline said: the hospital where she would deliver the baby was only about seven minutes from her house. …
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Grand Junction’s West Springs Hospital to stay open after cutting deal
The only Colorado psychiatric hospital west of the Front Range will stay open for the foreseeable future after the community mental health center that owns the facility reached a deal …
Colorado won’t bail out West Springs psychiatric hospital
Colorado state agencies aren’t riding to the rescue of a financially troubled psychiatric hospital on the Western Slope, saying the facility already has received significant help. The Department of Health …
Colorado’s 3rd District race is Adam Frisch against a Republican field
Since U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert opted to change her address to one clear across the state late last year, the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District has fallen out of …
Colorado’s West Springs psychiatric hospital could close without help
Colorado’s only psychiatric hospital west of the Front Range is in danger of closing in the coming months if it doesn’t receive a cash infusion, the head of its parent …
Some Colorado communities work to help migrants, others less receptive
They came by the hundreds, crowding into a fourth-floor room in a nondescript office building in Lakewood — their message loud and earnest. “We do not want to be Denver,” …
Intermountain cuts back on student loan payments for Colorado nurses
Intermountain Health is no longer offering grants to help all front-line workers pay back their student loans, dealing a financial blow to some Colorado nurses who were counting on that …
25 adventures for your Colorado winter bucket list
This is more than a non-skier’s guide to winter in Colorado or a roundup of cool après-ski activities. This is my ultimate Colorado winter bucket list for epic off-slopes fun. …
A guide to backcountry Colorado yurts
When you get away from the chair lifts, resort towns and highways, the Rocky Mountains in winter are quiet and stunning. And cold. Very, very cold. Only the hardiest skiers, …
Tri-State power supplier sued by Colorado member of utility
A Durango-based electric cooperative that has vocally criticized the practices of Tri-State Generation and Transmission has filed a lawsuit accusing the utility of being “sneaky and underhanded.” The La Plata …