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Major Colorado cannabis chain cuts 141 jobs at plant after selling its dispensaries
Native Roots, one of the longest-running and most well-known marijuana chains in Colorado, is shuttering its plant facility in Denver and has sold its retail locations to an investor. The plant closure at 4990 Dahlia St. will affect 141 workers, the company said in a letter filed with the state on Monday as required by…
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Major Colorado cannabis chain cuts 141 jobs at plant after selling its dispensaries
Native Roots, one of the longest-running and most well-known marijuana chains in Colorado, is shuttering its plant facility in Denver and has sold its retail locations to an investor. The plant closure at 4990 Dahlia St. will affect 141 workers, the company said in a letter filed with the state on Monday as required by…
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Major Colorado cannabis chain cuts 141 jobs at plant after selling its dispensaries
Native Roots, one of the longest-running and most well-known marijuana chains in Colorado, is shuttering its plant facility in Denver and has sold its retail locations to an investor. The plant closure at 4990 Dahlia St. will affect 141 workers, the company said in a letter filed with the state on Monday as required by…
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Major Colorado cannabis chain cuts 141 jobs at plant after selling its dispensaries
Native Roots, one of the longest-running and most well-known marijuana chains in Colorado, is shuttering its plant facility in Denver and has sold its retail locations to an investor. The plant closure at 4990 Dahlia St. will affect 141 workers, the company said in a letter filed with the state on Monday as required by…
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Defendant’s competency in question in El Paso County case involving slain Army police officer
It will be another 60 days before a 4th Judicial District court determines if a man charged in the shooting death of an Army police officer is competent to proceed in his case. Judge Erin Sokol granted a request Wednesday to have the defendant, Cameron Burton, undergo a third and final mental health evaluation before…
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Bennet settles campaign finance complaints, admits violating state law
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s gubernatorial campaign has agreed to pay a $7,433 fine for using his Senate campaign account to pay for gubernatorial campaign travel expenses. The July 31 settlement includes an admission by Bennet and his campaign that they violated state campaign finance laws. The settlement is tied to multiple complaints filed last year.…
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Sarah Parady steps down from Denver City Council, special election announced
Denver City Councilmember Sarah Parady officially resigned Wednesday, citing an undisclosed illness. Her resignation prompted the Denver City Council to pass a resolution declaring the seat vacant and setting a special election for Nov. 3 to coincide with Colorado’s general election. She announced that she would be stepping down June 1 but delayed her departure.…
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Denver’s pay-for-performance shelter plan falls short on key metric
Denver’s recent shift to a pay-for-performance contract model has improved day-to-day operations across the city’s seven noncongregate homeless shelters, but has struggled to deliver promising numbers on its most important metric: getting people out of shelters and into housing. However, city officials still plan to expand the model to five additional city shelters while working…
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‘Explosive’ diarrhea-causing parasite cyclosporiasis cases nearly triple in Colorado
Cases of the “explosive” diarrhea-causing parasite cyclosporiasis nearly tripled in Colorado over the past month, prompting renewed attention after related deaths were reported in Michigan. Twenty-nine counties in Colorado have reported cases, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Colorado has had 241 cases of cyclosporiasis since January, state data shows. Of…
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Denver aerospace company Voyager sees rapid growth in latest earnings
A fast-growing aerospace and defense company based in Denver saw record revenues and record bookings in the latest quarter. Voyager Technologies announced it generated $52.7 million in the second quarter, according to its latest earnings report released Monday. Revenues are up 51% from the first quarter. The company saw a surge in demand in the…