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Whistleblowers say they falsified patient records at Mind Springs Health

RBC | A troubled Western Slope mental health care center falsified assessments of its patients’ conditions for at least nine years in an effort to make its treatment programs seem more effective and secure funding from the state, whistleblowers say. The state overlooked what former workers describe as a long[Read More…]

May 18, 2022 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

On Edge Statewide Conversation

LIVE on Tuesday, May 17 from 5:30-7 p.m. Join Colorado News Collaborative, in collaboration with Colorado Public Radio, for a 90-minute statewide conversation at the Buell Public Media Center’s Masterpiece studio on May 17th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. about the mental health crisis and gaps in Colorado’s safety net[Read More…]

May 17, 2022 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

The trouble with Mind Springs

Two counties are breaking from their mental health provider. Others are taking notes. By SUSAN GREENE Colorado News Collaborative This investigation is part of the ongoing “On Edge” series about Colorado’s mental health by the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets to[Read More…]

December 22, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Herald Times chosen for #newsCOneeds fundraising campaign

We’re thrilled to announce that we are one of the 26 newsrooms selected to participate in the @co.mediaproject #newsCOneeds matching challenge— a campaign that drives membership and contributions to homegrown, Colorado newsrooms (like us!). More details to come on how readers like you can play a significant role in helping[Read More…]

October 17, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Features

How friendship can be a safety net

GRAND JUNCTION | It started about four years ago when Laurel Carpenter and Melissa Humphrey bought matching parkas and then matching comfort shoes. Soon enough, the nurses-slash-best friends from Grand Junction found themselves with matching chihuahua-print leggings and matching hoodies with fleece-lined pockets in which they carry their matching chihuahuas.[Read More…]

January 28, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Veteran paramedic grapples with post-COVID toll on his lungs and his sense of self

ALAMOSA | Even now, nearly three months after COVID invaded his body, Jason McGinnis cannot stop asking himself how he contracted the virus. On its face, the answer seems clear: He’s a paramedic. But he was careful, thought himself well-protected, thought that if he did catch COVID, he’d knock it[Read More…]

January 21, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Features

In the wake of furloughs, closings, suicides, a mountain town businessman searches for balance

BRECKENRIDGE | Dick Carleton came to Breckenridge from Virginia when he was 24. He had a business degree from Virginia Tech, a ‘69 Volkswagen bug, $100 and three friends willing to share a crappy two-bedroom condo with no insulation. It was awful. It was glorious. He was “full of rebel[Read More…]

January 7, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

The Splotch: In a rural Eastern Plains community plagued by drought, stigma won’t be easy to overcome

EADS | “The Splotch,” as some here call the brown mark on the map they check weekly, is the color of scorched earth. Here in Kiowa County, farmers have always relied on whatever moisture happens to fall from the sky rather than on irrigation. In August, this 1,300-person community bordering[Read More…]

December 31, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Voter Guide — Election 2020

The following links are from publications statewide participating in COLab — the Collaborative Media Project — to provide information about races, ballot measures, voting trends, election procedures and more. Scroll through and check the tabs for information. iframe creator

October 27, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

These hay fields know something we don’t; how to save the Colorado River

RBC | Grand County rancher Paul Bruchez stands in a hay field near Kremmling, holding a small tuft of hay between his fingertips, twirling it back and forth, seeing how quickly it disintegrates after a summer without water. The plant, known as timothy, feeds thousands of cattle here in the[Read More…]

October 16, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Wolf Creek Dam project heading to trial in January

RBC I A water court case is headed toward trial because the state of Colorado and a water conservancy district still cannot agree on whether the district actually needs the amount of water it claims it does for a large dam and reservoir project in the northwest corner of the[Read More…]

October 8, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

RBC ballots will start going out this Friday, Oct. 9

RBC | Colorado’s 64 county clerks will start mailing ballots Friday for the Nov. 3 election. With national concern about the integrity of mail-in ballots, Colorado is getting national attention for its system. Colorado began statewide vote by mail in 2013, although some counties adopted mail ballots before that. We[Read More…]

October 8, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled