Author: Howard Pankratz
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Alamo Drafthouse in metro Denver will screen ‘The Interview’ starting Christmas
“The Interview” will be screened once daily Alamo Drafthouse in Littleton, beginning with a midnight showing on Christmas and running through Jan. 1, the theater announced on Tuesday. The announcement came about two hours after Alamo Drafthouse Cinema CEO Tim League said the Austin, Texas-based theater chain would screen the movie at mulitple locations beginning…
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Developers to break ground at huge Castle Rock shopping center Monday
The long-awaited construction of The Promenade at Castle Rock, a 1 million square foot shopping center, will begin within 30 days, according to the developers. Groundbreaking is planned for Monday afternoon. The $177 million project, a joint venture of Greenwood Village-based Alberta Development Partners and Denver’s Forum Real Estate Group, will be divided among four…
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Pizza chain consults with Colorado bakers on pot-infused sauce
The president and CEO of a Pittsburgh-based pizza chain has an idea for a cannabis-infused sauce, but he’s not sure the product will fit his family-oriented business model. Unique Pizza and Subs Corp.’s Jim Vowler said interest in weed-laced pizza and pizza sauce infused with marijuana extract is especially high in Canada, where courts on…
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Colorado jobless rate drops, lowest since 2008
Colorado logged its 31st consecutive month of job growth in May, adding 9,100 jobs and driving unemployment down to 5.8 percent, the lowest since November 2008 when the rate was 5.7 percent, according to a report Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.Private sector payroll jobs increased 8,700 and government increased 400.Gary Horvath,…
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Colorado counties had largest percentage increase in 2013 employment
Weld County, booming because of oil and gas exploration in the Niobrara shale formation, had the largest increase in employment in the United States between December 2012 and December 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. Weld’s employment increased 6.0 percent over the year compared with the national growth of 1.8 percent. Within…
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Gas prices in Colorado Springs on the rise, but it could be worse
The situation in the Middle East has caused gasoline prices to jump significantly in Colorado Springs and nationwide during the past week, according to Gregg Laskoski, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com. However, in Colorado, prices have remained relatively stable over the week and far below the national average, said Laskoski on Monday. In the past…
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Boobies Rock! founder ordered to jail for nationwide charity scam
DENVER — A Colorado man facing trial in a nationwide breast cancer charity fraud is being jailed after allegations of a similar scam, this one involving college scholarships. Adam Cole Shryock was the man behind “Boobies Rock” and “Say No 2 Cancer” until a Denver judge issued a temporary restraining order in June. Now authorities…
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State official to appeal ruling in case involving Colorado Springs company
Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph said Tuesday he will appeal a ruling by a Denver judge that oil and gas joint ventures marketed by a Colorado Springs company were legal instruments. Joseph and the Colorado Securities Commission sued HEI Resources Inc. and Heartland Energy Development, contending their investments were improperly marketed to hundreds of investors…
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Coloradans get more than $425 million in loan relief under settlement
U.S. consumers have received $51.3 billion in total relief under the National Mortgage Settlement, with 7,539 borrowers in Colorado getting more than $425 million under the settlement, Colorado officials said Thursday. Joseph A. Smith Jr., monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement, issued his final report Thursday regarding the total amount granted by the five banks…
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Four Colorado cities, including Springs, in top 10 for tech startup density
Four Colorado cities are among the nation’s top 10 metro areas with the highest tech startup density, according to a report released Wednesday by Engine and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Boulder ranked first; Fort Collins-Loveland ranked second; Denver sixth; Colorado Springs ninth. “In the case of Boulder, a startup community whose evolution I’ve observed…