Hello, readers, and welcome to another edition of The Temperature.

Shall we compare Leadville’s St. Vincent Health hospital to a summer’s day? It is more lovely — according to a newly released survey — and more equipped to treat a patient for altitude sickness.

The hospital was recently ranked seventh on a list of the nation’s most beautiful hospitals . The contest was run by a company called Soliant Health, which bills itself as “a leader in human capital solutions” and has been doing these rankings since 2009. The hospital received high marks for its modern architecture and inviting registration area.

If you’re curious, the top spot went to Chickasaw Nation Medical Center in Oklahoma, which does actually look pretty sweet .

OK, we’ve got a lot of news to get to — and the governo

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