NewsRack: flenvcenter/Environmental-Health_Regional

A defense of tea partiers - Telluride: Opinions

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

We live in one of the most liberal towns in America, far from the tea partiers in Washington. And as much as dudes around here wants to reduce the tea partiers to caricatures, to ignoramuses, to racists, to troglodytes — and there are certainly tea partiers as dumb as any other cross section of America — it just isn’t so. Are they right about everything? No way. Are some of them even remotely reasonable? Of course not. Do they blame the correct administration for our huge deficits? No, they confuse the fiscal fecklessness of Bush with the fiscal pragmatism of Obama.

A defense of tea partiers - Telluride: Opinions

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Examining the uranium issue - Telluride: News

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Once, uranium was a prolific industry in southwestern Colorado — lifting the economy of this corner of the state as mining and milling flourished in towns like Uravan and Nucla.

Ritter's move toward opting out of anesthesia rule upsets anesthesiologists - Denver Post: News: Local

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Ritter's move toward opting out of anesthesia rule upsets anesthesiologists

Flu season arrives in Steamboat Springs - Steamboat Pilot

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Flu season is here, and local health care providers are prepping their syringes. The percentage of visits for flu-like illnesses typically begins a steep climb beginning in September and doesn’t calm down until December, according to statistics from the state health office.

Arizona Heart Institute informs patients of bankruptcy filing - azcentral.com | business

Ken Alltucker — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Arizona Heart Institute has started telling patients that it has filed for bankruptcy and is pursuing a sale to a Tennessee-based health-care company.

A moratorium on marijuana dispensaries? - Telluride: News

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

As medical marijuana dispensaries continue to crop up all over Colorado — from Vail to Longmont to Grand Junction — cities are wrestling with how to regulate the legal sales of pot within their limits.

T. Foundation gets money to get kids covered - Telluride: News

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The Telluride Foundation — in partnership with its Local Health Initiative, Bright Futures Early Childhood Regional Council and childcare providers and school districts in San Miguel, Ouray, Montrose and Delta counties — has received $301,410 for its Medicaid and CHP+ School and Childcare Based Outreach and Enrollment Program.

Swine Flu cases rise on Western Slope - Telluride: News

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

At the San Miguel County Department of Health and Environment, workers don’t have enough time to work — they’ve been answering their phones for days, fielding calls about flu vaccines.

SWINE FLUIs it over yet? The swine flu continues to hit hard - Telluride: News

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

With so much hype surrounding it, the H1N1 flu has received the usual dosage of skepticism. But for those in the area’s schools and medical centers, the symptoms couldn’t be more real.

MV passes dispensary moratorium in emergency meeting - Telluride: News

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

In a meeting without public comment or debate, the Town of Mountain Village last Tuesday passed an emergency ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries. The council has one year to pass regulations on dispensaries or the measure will expire.

Federal dollars hit Telluride with jobs to come - Telluride: News

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act has hit Telluride, but only one job has been created so far. However, one organization that was a major recipient of grants hasn’t hit its stride yet.

Free H1N1 vaccines at clinic today - Telluride: News

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Though flu activity appears to be on the decline, the disease is still immobilizing people at a higher rate than usual in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control.

In Telluride, a struggle between providers and insurance companies - Telluride: News

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

As the Senate passed a landmark health care bill in Washington that extends coverage to millions, the Telluride Medical Center wages its own battles, hoping to wring better deals from insurance companies.

Montrose and Telluride: two views on Piñon Ridge uranium mill - Telluride: News

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

One town tends toward cowboy boots, Stetsons and pickups. The other toward hiking books, knit caps and Subarus.

House panel to investigate hydraulic fracturing - Telluride: News

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An oil and gas drilling technique that is becoming more widespread is drawing scrutiny from lawmakers concerned that it may pose a hazard to human health by tainting drinking water and harming the environment.

THE WAR ON DOG WASTEIs he a helper? Or a vigilante? - Telluride: News

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The perpetual battle over dogs may have arrived at a new level.

Medical Center receives $43,000 grant - Telluride: News

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Rural health care providers face myriad challenges that other centers don’t often face — funding, recruiting staff, being reimbursed by insurance companies, providing both primary and emergency care, transporting patients, just to name a few.

Telluride to contain VF prairie dog colony - Telluride: News

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The 23-acre prairie dog colony on the Valley Floor is growing. This summer it spilled over Boomerang Road, and a new colony emerged west of the road.

In dust from mill, towns see peril - Telluride: News

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

For area mayors, the devil’s in the dust. Stu Fraser and Joseph Lawton, the mayors of Telluride and Ophir, respectively, recently sent a letter to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment voicing concern that a proposed uranium mill 50 miles west of here could erode air and water quality via the dust that blows westward.

Examining the uranium issue - Telluride: News

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Once, uranium was a prolific industry in southwestern Colorado — lifting the economy of this corner of the state as mining and milling flourished in towns like Uravan and Nucla.

What will the Indian health system look like? - From the Blogs

Mark Trahant — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Answers are up to us

A defense of tea partiers - Telluride: Opinions

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A defense of tea partiers - Telluride: Opinions

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Examining the uranium issue - Telluride: News

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Once, uranium was a prolific industry in southwestern Colorado — lifting the economy of this corner of the state as mining and milling flourished in towns like Uravan and Nucla.