Rocky Mountain News Closes
Just two months shy of its 150th birthday, Colorado’s oldest newspaper has published its last edition today. The owners of the Rocky Mountain News say the newspaper lost 16 million dollars last year and can’t afford to stay open. Nearly 230 newsroom staffers are losing their jobs. Bente Birkeland caught up with some of them yesterday as they were completing their last assignments for the paper. She has this report.
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Filed under: Bente Birkeland, Business/Labor, Capitol Coverage, Media — Andrea Chalfin, News Dir. @ 5:45 pm
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A bill that would extend insurance benefits to same sex partners of state employees initially cleared the senate on Monday and is awaiting a final vote. It also touched off a values debate at the state capital about the morality of homosexuality. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.