Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette

A Vectrus Inc. subsidiary was among five winners of a Navy contract of up to $900 million to provide facility support services and small construction projects for natural disasters, military operations and humanitarian support for military units and other federal agencies. The Colorado Springs-based defense contractor will compete against the other four winning contractors –…

The strong tourism season that has filled Colorado Springs hotels all summer continues, with hotel occupancy last month reaching the highest level for the month of August since 1998, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. The 83.7 percent occupancy rate was up from 79.8 percent in August 2015 and the highest for August since…

From the outside, Grandview Hospital doesn’t look much like a hospital. When patients or visitors come through the front entrance they see a two-story atrium topped with a massive skylight and a prominent winding staircase leading to the second floor. The bathrooms in each patient room include all the latest finishes a guest might find…

An $85 million addition to Memorial Hospital North is the next step in the hospital system’s transformation under University of Colorado Health’s management, the chairman of Memorial’s board said during a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the 130,000-square-foot project. The groundbreaking for the addition, which is scheduled to open in mid-2018, became a celebration of improvements…

Cable giant Comcast Corp. Tuesday expanded eligibility for its Internet Essentials service that makes broadband available to low-income families for $9.95 a month, which could nearly triple the 2,500 Colorado Springs-area families who participate in the 5-year-old program. The change makes the service available to any family living in Comcast’s service area to any family…