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Did Grand Junction’s City Council enable a pay-to-play deal?
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Did Grand Junction’s City Council enable a pay-to-play deal?

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice When the City of Grand Junction accepted a $3 million donation from Intermountain Health (St. Mary’s Hospital) in exchange for naming rights to its new Community Recreation Center (CRC), the deal looked like a win for the community.  But behind that vote lies a contract process that critics say gave some bidders an unfair advantage — a deal many providers never had a fair shot at. A formal ethics complaint filed with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission (CIEC) accuses city officials of shaping a public request for proposals (RFPs) in a way that prioritized money over merit.  Among concerns that contributions guided the RFP process, there’s also allegations that some engaged in negotiating discussions lo...
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What is the HMPV virus that is raising concerns in China and should it be cause for alarm?
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What is the HMPV virus that is raising concerns in China and should it be cause for alarm?

By Greg Glasgow | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical The buzz is growing about an increase of respiratory virus cases in China, but Adriana Weinberg, MD, professor of infectious diseases in the Departments of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, says the news is no cause for alarm.  Unlike the COVID-19 virus in 2020, Weinberg says, the current virus reportedly on the rise in China is one that has been around for decades, commonly circulates during respiratory virus season — along with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — and is well known to health care professionals. Known as human metapneumovirus (HMPV), the virus is reported to be on the rise in China. A spokesperson for the World Health O...
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Planet Fitness makes a risky pricing move that can discourage membership
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Planet Fitness makes a risky pricing move that can discourage membership

By Patricia Battle | The Street Planet Fitness  (PLNT) is making a major change that it hasn’t made in 26 years, and customers may not be too happy about it. The company announced during a recent earnings call that it will be hiking the price for its cheapest membership by $5 after piloting the change in different markets and hinted that more price increases may be on the way. “For the past several months, we have had three different groups of stores testing three different prices for our Classic Card membership,” said Planet Fitness Chief Financial Officer Tom Fitzgerald during a May 9 earnings call. “Based on those test results, we have decided to increase the price from $10 to $15 to further enhance the average unit volumes for our stores.” The price in...
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