Author: Andrew Wineke
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Progress made but danger still smolders
Firefighters checked fierce winds and high temperatures with airplanes, helicopters and bulldozers as they made headway against the still-growing Waldo Canyon fire on Monday. At 4 p.m. Monday, the fire was estimated to have grown by about 1,000 acres during the day to 4,500 acres, but incident commander Rich Harvey said the fire was about…
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Mayor, CenturyLink feuding over cable TV agreement
If Colorado Springs awards CenturyLink a cable television franchise, Mayor Steve Bach says it should be required to commit to serve low income areas. “To be candid, CenturyLink does not want to put in the franchise agreement any specificity as to serving lower-income neighborhoods,” Bach said Wednesday during his monthly meeting with City Council. “I…
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Utilities signs 2-year deal for Xcel wind power
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Utilities’ new wind power program is almost sold out before it delivers its first watt of electricity. On June 4, Utilities signed a 2-year contract with Xcel Energy for 108,000 megawatt-hours of wind…
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Utilities signs 2-year deal for Xcel wind power
Colorado Springs Utilities’ new wind power program is almost sold out before it delivers its first watt of electricity. On June 4, Utilities signed a 2-year contract with Xcel Energy for 108,000 megawatt-hours of wind power, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. That sounds like a lot, but it’s small potatoes compared with the 4.2 million megawatt-hours…
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Capturing Springs’ coal plant exhaust could boost oil fields
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Carbon dioxide captured at Colorado coal plants could boost waning oil fields in Texas, if Colorado Springs’ Neumann Systems Group proves it can economically pull the gas from smokestacks. Colorado Springs Utilities already plans to…
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Capturing Springs’ coal plant exhaust could boost oil fields
Carbon dioxide captured at Colorado coal plants could boost waning oil fields in Texas, if Colorado Springs’ Neumann Systems Group proves it can economically pull the gas from smokestacks. Colorado Springs Utilities already plans to use Neumann’s NeuStream system to remove sulfur dioxide emissions at its Martin Drake Power Plant, although installation of the system…
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CenturyLink seeks to deliver cable TV in Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A cable TV war may be brewing in Colorado Springs, as phone and internet provider CenturyLink seeks a franchise to begin offering television services in the city. The Monroe, La.-based telecom company, which merged with…
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Bestway’s new recycling facility brings in the green
It’s big. It’s blue. And it’s green. Bestway Disposal’s new material recovery facility is a sprawling, 250-foot-long Rube Goldberg maze of conveyor belts, chutes, bins, magnets, all culminating in a baler that squeezes the sorted material into neat cubes of plastic, aluminum, cardboard, tin and paper. “There’s nothing like this in southern Colorado,” said Tom…
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CenturyLink seeks to deliver cable TV in Springs
A cable TV war may be brewing in Colorado Springs, as phone and internet provider CenturyLink seeks a franchise to begin offering television services in the city. The Monroe, La.-based telecom company, which merged with Qwest Communications in 2011, already offers cable service in eight cities around the country, but Colorado Springs would be its…
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Children’s Hospital opening 50,000-square-foot Briargate outpatient facility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Children’s Hospital Colorado will open an $11 million, 50,000-square-foot outpatient specialty care center Thursday in Briargate to bring together its existing specialists in Colorado Springs and pave the way for more local services. Opening the…