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Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

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This story is part of CNBC’s quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have become business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and employees. The Denver-Boulder region is quickly emerging as a major hub for the life sciences industry, attracting companies that are developing cutting-edge medical treatments and technologies. …

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Three thriving businesses that set Denver apart

Three thriving businesses that set Denver apart

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Denver continues to benefit from three unique areas: cannabis, sports and unique attractions like Red Rocks Amphitheater, generating billions in revenue and attracting visitors. Denver alone has earned more than half a billion dollars in taxes and licensing fees on marijuana sales. Analysts predict that the city’s major league teams, which are already bringing in …

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Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

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The Denver-Boulder region is becoming a major hub for the life sciences industry due to the growth of venture capital and government funding, a collaborative research environment and a booming market for laboratory space. The pool of skilled life sciences workers is growing much faster in the Denver-Boulder area than the national average. “Boulder has …

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The Denver Broncos will release QB Russell Wilson when the new league year begins

The Denver Broncos will release QB Russell Wilson when the new league year begins

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Two years ago, Russell Wilson heatedly declared his intention to play a dozen years in Denver and double the trio of Lombardi Trophies in the Broncos’ lobby. General manager George Payton was equally giddy, excited to send four first-round picks and three players to Seattle for a younger, stronger version of …

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Colorado Arts Spotlight: Things to know and do in the state February 29-March 3

Colorado Arts Spotlight: Things to know and do in the state February 29-March 3

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Courtesy of Huong Ngo.Huong Ngo, Hidden Images (grafts) (detail), 2021. Friday, March 1 Hương Ngô’s first solo exhibition in Colorado, “Ungrafting,” opens with an informal discussion as part of First Fridays at the Fine Arts Center of Colorado Springs. The conversation will cover intergenerational transmission of knowledge, land in anti-colonial movements and the archive in …

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Family of black girls handcuffed by Colorado police at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement

Family of black girls handcuffed by Colorado police at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement

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DENVER (AP) — Black girls lay face down in a parking lot, yelling “no” and “mommy” as a police officer pointed his gun at them, then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a pink tiara as she held her teenage cousin’s hand. Lovely, 6, watched as her mother, Brittney Gilliam, …

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CO lawmakers propose bill to prevent violence against healthcare workers

CO lawmakers propose bill to prevent violence against healthcare workers

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DENVER — State lawmakers have introduced a bill in an attempt to quell the growing number of attacks on health care workers in Colorado. Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that health care and social service workers are five times more likely to be assaulted on the job than other occupations. The …

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Biology, anatomy … and finance? More medical students are also getting business degrees

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More doctors and medical students are earning advanced business degrees to work in the business side of the booming healthcare industry Daft_Lion_Studio/Getty Images Jasen Gundersen never thought about a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a rural doctor. But today he doesn’t work in rural America and …

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Colorado funeral home owner, wife arrested in case involving mishandling of 189 bodies

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DENVER (AP) – The owner of a Colorado Funeral Home and his wife were arrested on Wednesday after the decomposing remains of at least 189 people were recently discovered at his site. John and Carrie Holford were arrested in Wagoner, Oklahoma, on suspicion of four felonies — abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering and …

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