Tag: Healthcare
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Plague found in cat in Jefferson County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) confirmed the county’s first case of the plague since 2023 in a domestic cat Wednesday. A domestic cat from Evergreen — near Cub Creek Park — recently died from the plague, an illness caused by the bacteria called Yersinia pestis, marking the…
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Colorado Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services as federal spending law takes effect
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has suspended services to patients who use Medicaid for insurance following the signing of federal tax and spending legislation by President Donald Trump on Friday. The organization notified approximately 15,000 patients, about 25% of their patient base, that they…
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King Soopers, union reach tentative agreement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save King Soopers and the union representing many of its employees have reached a tentative agreement, the union announced Thursday. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 said union leadership met with King Soopers and City Market on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and that after…
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AdventHealth breaks ground on Aurora Highlands medical campus
The Aurora Highlands’ first medical center broke ground this week, bringing health care closer to residents of the community. AdventHealth broke ground on its new Aurora medical campus Wednesday. The Aurora Highlands is a 4,000-acre master planned community just south of Denver International Airport. The campus is scheduled to open in September of 2026, according…
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Union ratifies King Soopers’ contract; strike officially ends
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of metro Denver area United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 voted Monday to approve a new three-year contract offered by Kroger Co., who owns all King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado, according to a late Monday news release. The agreement includes…
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Colorado approves $11 million to lure firms and jobs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An education technology, food-safety technology, bioscience and medical device company might be headed to, or expanding in, Colorado with the promise of more than $11 million in economic incentives to create more than 600 jobs, the state’s Economic Development Commission decided Thursday. The commission approves…
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SCL Health merging with system based in Salt Lake City
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Broomfield-based SCL Health, a major provider of health care in Colorado, Montana and Kansas, announced Thursday it intends to merge with Intermountain Healthcare. If approved by regulators, the merger of the two nonprofit integrated hospital…
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Colorado commission approves $10.6 million in economic incentives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s Economic Development Commission Thursday approved up to $10.6 million in job-creation tax credits to five companies that want to expand or relocate here. Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Travel (OEDIT) keeps the companies’ names secret until all the paperwork is signed, but…