DENVER (KDVR) — A company contracted to operate the U.S. Postal Service’s Denver Regional Transfer Hub will lay off more than 700 employees as it ceases operations of the facility, according to a WARN notice sent to Colorado officials.
Alan Ritchey, Inc. CEO Robby Ritchey in the letter sent to the state on Tuesday said the USPS did not renew the company’s contract to operate the Denver Regional Transfer Hub, which is located on Colfax Avenue in Aurora.
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The move affects 729 employees, who will all be laid off on Feb. 28, except for employees needed to assist with the “closure of the facility,” who will be employed past the end of February.
Ritchey said the USPS only notified the company that it did not extend the performance period of their contract on Dec. 29…