Miscellaneous

• Former justice O'Connor urges changes in judicial elections

  Kyle Bachus | June 24, 2008 7:25 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  When Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke to CU law students this April, she praised Colorado for being one of the few states in the country that has done away with electing state court judges,...

• A Friend in Need of a Kidney Transplant

  Linda Snyder | February 25, 2008 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Imagine the hope and excitement of graduating from high school and looking forward to the next chapter of your life as you head for college to pursue career of your dreams.Imagine the devastation as you learn you have a serious condition that will put those dreams on hold and in fact threatens your very life.This is Kelsey Crider's story. A bright, articulate young woman, Kelsey Crider's future...

• Special Amenities in hospitals, if you can afford it

  Staff Writer | December 18, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Imagine being a patient in a hospital, and actually enjoying the experience with a personal chef and a larger room. Such exclusive amenties are being offered more and more every day at hospitals nationwide.Three such hospitals in Colorado offer incredible amenities for those who are willing to pay the price. The Rose Center for Preventive Medicine in Denver, The University of Colorado Hospital...

• FDA Recalls Contaminated Sandwiches

  Courtney Mills | August 13, 2007 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall on approximately 7,500 individually wrapped sandwiches because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria is a microorganism and can cause serious infection in young children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals.These sandwiches were manufactured by IFS, Inc., of South Elgin, Illinois, and are distributed...

• Local broadcasters try to block EchoStar

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  An article from today's Denver Post reports that local broadcasters in Colorado filed a motion to block EchoStar Communications' last-minute effort to circumvent a court ruling and continue to provide more than 900,000 DISH network customers with its distant-network signals. This is part of a seven-year legal battle in this copyright law case, the story says.Apparently today is the deadline for...

• Not Sufficiently "severe or pervasive"

  Staff Writer | August 10, 2006 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  On August 2, 2006, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that four statements made by a second level supervisor to an employee over a one year period was not sufficiently "severe or pervasive" for the purpose of showing the existence of a hostile work environment. The supervisor commented that the employee's shorts were too short and asked to measure them from the inside of her thigh, asked if...

• Wal-Mart's Pay Structure

  Staff Writer | August 09, 2006 11:06 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  Wal-Mart, the largest private employer, publicly announced that it is raising wages at approximately 1300 U.S. stores and introducing wage caps at all stores to try to remain competitive with other retailers and meet a need for workers and managers. Wal-Mart has, in the past, been named as a defendant in lawsuits seeking to change its pay structure.

• Adelphia and Motorola Part of SEC Investigation

  Staff Writer | August 07, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  An August 5, 2006, AP story out of Washington points to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investment fraud investigation of Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest cell phone maker, and Adelphia Communications Corp., a Colorado-based company that was the fifth largest cable maker in the nation at one time. Adelphia founder John Rigas and his son Timothy faced a 2004 conviction of...

• Group Seeks to Protect Wild Buckwheat

  Staff Writer | July 30, 2006 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, environmental groups including the Uncompahgre Valley Association are requesting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service make increasing efforts to protect the Clay Loving Wild Buckwheat, an endangered plant that grows only in Delta and Montrose Counties. The groups ask that the protected areas for this plant increase to include all of the Gunnison...

• Warning to Medicare Recipients

  Staff Writer | July 19, 2006 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO

  According to 9 News, the Colorado Division of Insurance is warning of a national telephone scam. According to authorities, some Medicare recipients receive calls from people claiming to be representatives of Medicare and requesting their personal bank account information. The caller tells the Medicaid beneficiary they need a new Medicaid card and will be charged a one-time-fee of $239 to $369....