Author: Alex Edwards
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$2 million in incentives approved for unnamed aerospace company looking to expand into El Paso County
An aerospace company looking to expand its Department of Defense operations is eyeing El Paso County, according to the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. The company, which OEDIT did not name, has been assigned the name “Project Oak.” It is a common practice for companies to remain unnamed through the incentive process of…
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Colorado’s second Global Entry center to open at Colorado Springs Airport
The Colorado Springs Airport has become home to Colorado’s second Global Entry Enrollment Center, opening the door for the city’s residents to more easily enroll in a trusted traveler program. The new center opened on Tuesday, according to a news release from the airport. Global Entry is one of several trusted traveler programs run by…
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Colorado Springs Costco among locations selling potentially contaminated gas, state database shows
A statewide mix up of fuel has found its way to Colorado Springs. The Costco Fuel Center at 5897 Barnes Road appears to be a gas station that mixed up regular gasoline and diesel fuels, according to a database maintained by the state’s Division of Oil and Public Safety. Several gas stations have sold mixed…
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After car slams into AI Sushi and Grill, business still ‘functioning fully’
A week after a car came careening through the front of AI Sushi and Grill, the restaurants owners are carrying on. The restaurant, located at 4655 Centennial Blvd., has been operated by the Lee family for nine years. Following the crash, Gyumin Lee, the owner’s son, said they had to shut down to clean up…
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NASA taps Colorado companies to lead development on telescope searching for life on other planet
NASA has selected two Colorado companies to help develop a future NASA space telescope that will look for signs of life on other planets. The flagship project, called the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will be the first space telescope purpose built to observe planets orbiting distant stars. It will seek to answer one of humanities ongoing…
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Several Big 5 Sporting Goods stores to close in Colorado
Multiple Big 5 Sporting Goods stores in northern Colorado are closing, but southern Colorado’s locations have been mostly spared, according to employees. At least four stores in the Denver and Fort Collins areas are set to close between Jan. 17 and mid-March, Gazette news partner 9News reported. In the Pikes Peak region, only the store…
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New Amazon delivery station to serve north Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is one of Amazon’s happy places. The online shopping company opened a second delivery station in the city on Wednesday, according to a news release. It is one of several delivery stations opened in Colorado this year, following those in Grand Junction, Sterling and Gypsum. Other facilities throughout the state will open later…
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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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Colorado Springs cybersecurity firm plans to graduate from ‘small’ business status and become major contractor
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 technology, space systems and associated ground systems. It was founded…
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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…