Dutch shopping center alternative plan focuses on fire mitigation

This image shows preliminary designs for the new Caribou Village Shopping Center in Nederland, Colorado. The original Caribou Village was destroyed by fire on October 9, 2025. (Image provided by Up Architecture)

Plans for a new shopping center to replace Caribou Village Shopping Center in the Netherlands include fire-resistant structures that designers say are “100 times better” than before. Caribou Village Shopping Center was gutted by a pre-dawn fire in October, gutting the building and displacing or destroying 17 businesses, shocking the small mountain community. Stephen Tebo, … Read more

Oregon gave millions of dollars in incorrect benefits to state health plan, audit says

Medical supplies at the Children’s Clinic in Portland on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.

By Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s free health care program for adults who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid may have improperly awarded $15 million in benefits-related payments to recipients, according to a recent audit of the state-administered federal program. The “questionable” funding was revealed this week in a 124-page … Read more

I asked an AI for a training plan, and a human coach saved me from a back injury

Nicole Glennon before a session at Saint Studio. Photo: Moya Nolan

Chatbots are rapidly becoming a popular tool used to outsource routine tasks. And many times I’ve wished I could outsource my fitness routine. I’m not a big gym fan, but when an email arrived in my inbox inviting me to form a team for a Hyrocks-style fitness challenge to raise money for an Irish cancer … Read more

Coldefy leads master plan to transform Budapest’s brownfields into rewilding urban areas

Coldefy delivers successful master plan to transform Budapest's brownfields into rewilding urban areas - Image 1/7

Kordefy Budapest Master Plan Competition. Image © Zoa share share facebook Twitter mail pinterest whatsapp or https://www.archdaily.com/1040337/coldefy-leads-winning-masterplan-to-transform-budapest-brownfield-into-rewilded-urban-district A team led by French architecture firm Coldefy, comprising CITYFÖRSTER, Sporaarchitects, TREIBHAUS.LAND and Marko & Placemakers, won the competition to design the masterplan for Budapest’s Lakošländes. This project was developed for the Budapest Capital Asset Management Center on … Read more

Government-run insurance plan for foster children leaves some foster children without doctors – KFF Health News

Government-run insurance plan for foster children leaves some foster children without doctors - KFF Health News

andrew jones Ollie Super has been in and out of cancer treatments since being diagnosed with neuroblastoma while in foster care as a toddler. Now the 8th and 2nd graders are working on it again. Her cancer returned late last year. Ollie’s parents, who adopted her in 2020, tried to enroll her in a clinical … Read more

‘Multiple systemic problems’: Providence health insurance confusion letter suggests flaws in plan

'Multiple systemic problems': Providence health insurance confusion letter suggests flaws in plan

In a letter several weeks ago, the man who manages health care benefits for state employees and their families listed a number of ways that a major Oregon-based health insurance company is failing them. Ali Hassoun, director of the Oregon Public Employees Benefits Commission, wrote in a Feb. 26 letter to Providence Health Plan that … Read more