Author: Alex Edwards
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Colorado Springs cybersecurity firm plans to graduate from ‘small’ business status and become major contractor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs tech and defense company plans to more than triple in size over the next eight years. ITS — short for Infinity Technology Services — employs close to 200 people and plans to add more than 500. The company specializes in cybersecurity, information…
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‘Food access is being taken away from us’: Colorado Springs braces for impacts of Safeway closures
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Days after Safeway announced two supermarkets in Colorado Springs will close this fall, part of the company’s broader plans to shutter 10 stores statewide, the community is bracing for the ripple effect the closures will have. When learning of the news last week, one shopper…
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KBR awarded large military contract with Space Force
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly reflect which company is executing the contract. KBR was awarded a large military contract Monday. The company specializes in advanced engineering, data analytics and digital integration. It was tapped by the Department of Defense to develop…
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Safeway to close 2 stores in Colorado Springs, 10 in state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Safeway stores in Colorado Springs will close before the end of the year. They are part of a larger, statewide closure which will see 10 stores close, according to information provided by Safeway to…
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Military base employment in Colorado Springs and El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Space Command headquarters and roughly 1,000 jobs are poised to leave Colorado Springs, here’s a look at the overall military employment picture in El Paso County: Originally, the move was expected to cost Colorado Springs 1,700 jobs. There are 38,320 people employed by the…
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Colorado Springs-based group invests $2 million in analog computing company Okika Devices
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three months after Okika Devices moved its headquarters to Colorado Springs, it has caught the attention and $2 million from a local aerospace and defense venture capital fund. Specializing in field programmable analog arrays, software and manufacturing computer chips, Okika Devices relocated to Colorado Springs…
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Labor Day 2025: What to expect, how to stay safe and how much gas will cost
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last days of summer have arrived, and it’s looking to be a busy Labor Day travel weekend for Americans who will take advantage of cheaper domestic roundtrip flights and, in Colorado Springs, cheaper gas prices. And the wet week may continue into the weekend,…
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New distillery in Colorado Springs opens with a mission to offer approachable spirits, cocktails
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new distilling company is calling Colorado Springs home, and it aims to keep things “pure” at its new tasting room and distillery. The founders, Army veterans and first-time distillery owners, celebrated the grand opening of Pure Distilling’s tasting room, 2225 Executive Circle, Suite 172,…
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Got gas? This chain does, and it’s planning to bring more to Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It is all gas and no brakes for one national gas station and convenience store chain, which has submitted plans for yet another location in Colorado Springs. QuikTrip, a Tulsa, Okla.-based chain of convenience stores and gas stations, hopes to add a location near the Motor…
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New auto sales continue trending up at year’s midpoint, but as tariffs bite, state group worries mount
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New auto sales in Colorado showed strong annual gains during the first half of 2025, but the combination of the Trump administration’s enactment of tariffs and the ending of credits for electric vehicles is clouding the picture for the rest of the year. Statewide, overall…