Category: Business

Centura Health’s longtime CEO to step down, assume special advisor role

Centura Health’s chief executive will step down Sept. 1 after leading the Centennial-based healthcare network for nine years. Gary Campbell, the longest tenured CEO in Centura’s history, will be succeeded by chief operating officer Peter Banko, officials announced Monday. “Centura Health has been truly blessed with Gary’s visionary leadership,” Centura Health board chairwoman Patricia Webb said in a statement. “His

New Leadville hospital dealt major setback after feds withhold loan

Lake County’s only hospital, St. Vincent in Leadville, has put plans to build a new facility on hold after financial projections came up shorter than expected, indicating the small hospital has recovered from the financial brink but still needs to improve its balance sheet before a much-needed building upgrade. In 2014, the hospital announced it would be shutting down because

Colorado Mills confirms it may not fully re-open until holidays

Colorado Mills, the Lakewood shopping center rocked by a hailstorm earlier this month, has confirmed that it may not re-open in its entirety until the crucial holiday shopping season. “We are currently unable to estimate when the entire mall will reopen for business to the public but believe it will be in time for this year’s holiday shopping season,” officials

Hickenlooper has signed bill to explore Front Range passenger train service. What now?

Gov. John Hickenlooper this week signed into law a bill to explore building passenger rail service along the Front Range and the expansion of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief route through the state’s southeastern corner. Monday’s signing sets into motion a set of 11 stakeholders to be appointed to a voting group on the newly created Southwest Chief and Front Range Passenger

In Colorado, gas line damage from digging happens as often as four times a day. Getting punished for it is much more rare.

Nearly four times a day in Colorado, developers, homeowners or builders hit gas pipelines while excavating or digging into the ground, sometimes with deadly consequences such as the fatal explosion in Firestone that was caused by a severed line near a home. But Colorado officials have an inadequate system for preventing pipeline excavation damages, which are responsible for about a

Getting student loans? Link borrowing to your expected earnings to find the right amount

Photograph by Ellen JaskolCharlie Farrell By Charlie Farrell, Special to The Denver Post As high school seniors begin to think past graduation, the dreaded cost of college looms large. According to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, student loan debt has almost tripled over the last 12 years, leaving students confused and scared about how much to borrow for college.

Alternative online lenders can be a good option for small businesses, but mind the details

Mark T. OslerGary Miller, SDR Ventures. It was Friday afternoon when Bob received the call from his bank telling him that he had been turned down for his $250,000 loan request. He had purchased a second location as part of his business expansion plans and needed the bank loan to purchase inventory for his new location. Bob was devastated. Why

While waiting for its whiskey to age, Carbondale’s Marble Distilling Co. gets creative to bring in money

CARBONDALE — There’s a dream-busting chasm in liquor making that has confounded distillers for centuries. But Connie Baker and Carey Shanks have found a way to bridge that budget-breaking stretch between barreling liquor for several years of aging and finally selling bottles. The couple added luxury rooms above their distillery and tasting room, creating what could be the world’s first

Amazon’s new Echo Show can make video calls

By Hayley Tsukayama, The Washington Post Amazon on Tuesday rolled out yet another version of the Echo – this time sporting a screen that allows users to make and take video calls. The Echo Show, as it’s called, signals that Amazon is not only pushing ahead with its goal of ruling the home, but it is also taking a major

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