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The Classical Academy takes ‘one game at a time’ approach for remainder of 3A state baseball tournament
The Classical Academy’s baseball team is exactly where it hoped to be at the start of the year: the final weekend of the season. TCA’s road required to reach that coveted gold plaque doesn’t matter. The Titans craved an opportunity to win the 3A state baseball tournament. It’s a doozy of a journey, but the…
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Greeley JBS strike continues as workers ask for better pay, safety equipment
The strike at a JBS-owned beef plant in Greeley stretched into its fourth day on Thursday. About 3,800 union workers went on strike Monday morning after several months of contract negotiations between the beef processing giant and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union reached an impasse over pay and safety equipment. UFCW…
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JBS beef plant workers in Greeley to strike next week, union said
Around 3,800 union workers at the JBS-owned Swift Beef plant in Greeley plan to strike next week after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with the meat processing giant. The strike is scheduled begin at 5:30 a.m. Monday, the union said in a press release. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local…
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Greeley voters halt landmark development project
GREELEY – The landscape-altering Cascadia development project has been put on ice, according to unofficial results of a city referendum on the project Tuesday. The proposed development would have included an 8,600-seat multiuse arena and ice center that would be home to the Colorado Eagles, a minor-league affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche; a full-service conference hotel; an indoor waterpark, and housing developments spanning…
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JBS strike could trip up Greeley’s economic surge
GREELEY – The upward trajectory of Greeley has been hard to match by other Colorado communities in the here and now. The city is on the verge of experiencing dramatic growth and change. Greeley is in the midst of developing a state-of-the-art $1.1 billion entertainment district dubbed Catalyst, which will feature an 8,600-seat, multi-use arena and…
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Meat-packing firm in northern Colorado agrees to $4 million child labor settlement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREELEY • The nation’s largest meat packing processor, JBS USA Food Co., which is one of Colorado’s best-known employers, has agreed to pay $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices…
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Meat-packing firm in northern Colorado agrees to $4 million child labor settlement
GREELEY • The nation’s largest meat packing processor, JBS USA Food Co., which is one of Colorado’s best-known employers, has agreed to pay $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices nationwide. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the agreement to address child labor violations by JBS through a release on…
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‘Very problematic’: Colorado-based guard units could be transferred into active duty
Space-focused National Guard units could be transferred to the active duty without their support units under a recent congressional proposal. The National Defense Authorization Act, still in draft form, proposes moving National Guard space operators into the Space Force, but not their support units — a move akin to moving pilots into a different branch from…
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Colorado Supreme Court clarifies who owns oil, gas rights beneath streets
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday, citing a need to avoid mass litigation across the state, ruled for the first time that property owners generally retain the mineral rights under roadways adjacent to their land, up to the center line. The decision resolved the question of who is entitled to oil and gas royalties for…