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Laura Frank

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Feds to review new Rocky Flats data

February 14, 2009

They said they didn't want it. They said they didn't need it. But they finally took it.

Nuke worker bill picking up support

February 3, 2009

Charlie Wolf had become something of a celebrity as he battled brain cancer and the federal government to the very end of his life, determined to prove that he and other sick nuclear weapons workers were being denied aid that was promised them. His story was chronicled last July in a Rocky Mountain News special report, "Deadly Denial."

Open letters on special occasions - after my death

January 31, 2009

Charlie Wolf's friends and family - and likely some who never met him but were inspired by his spirit - will gather today for his memorial service.

Udall enlists in Charlie Wolf's War

January 31, 2009

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is mobilizing a coalition of senators and congressional members who have constituents like Charlie Wolf: former nuclear weapons workers who lost their health - and in some cases their lives - building the nation's Cold War nuclear arsenal.

Former Flats workers again denied aid

January 24, 2009

The final decision on whether most sick and dying Rocky Flats workers are eligible for medical and financial aid came in a flurry of last-minute meetings in the waning days of the Bush administration.

Flats workers seek to delay health panel's decision

January 17, 2009

Sick Rocky Flats workers are hoping a federal panel that's been meeting behind closed doors on the fate of their compensation claims will keep those doors shut - at least for a few more days.

Rocky Flats widow still waiting; agency says it's still 'working'

December 20, 2008

The Rocky Mountain News first reported in November 2007 that data showed potentially thousands of former Rocky Flats workers had been left off the list of those eligible for streamlined medical and financial aid. Officials said then they would get to the bottom of the issue quickly. That was more than 400 days ago.

Years after he died, Flats worker a problem for feds

December 13, 2008

Lane Christenson has been dead for more than a decade, but he is causing problems for the federal government.

Feds won't accept exposure data that could help ailing Rocky Flats workers

November 24, 2008

The federal government has failed to act on information that could help sick and dying Rocky Flats workers - or their survivors, the Rocky Mountain News has learned.

Audit: Improve aid for ill nuke workers

November 14, 2008

The U.S. Labor Department is following the law, but needs to improve the federal program to aid sick nuclear weapons workers, including those from Rocky Flats, near Denver, an inspector general's audit found.