Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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Hickenlooper formalizes state commitment to National Cyber Intelligence Center
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Friday during a ceremony at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to allocate $7.93 million to renovate the former TRW manufacturing plant owned by the school into the home of the National Cyber Intelligence Center. The center, a cybersecurity research, education and response facility, will open in about a…
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Interactive dashboard displays find their scheme in Colorado Springs’ Altia
Mike Juran has an ambitious vision for Altia Inc. that spans the world, but calls for the software company could employ more than 1,000 at its Colorado Springs headquarters within five to 10 years and generate more than $1 billion annually in revenue. If you drive a late-model car or truck, chances are you use…
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Weak auto sales hold back Colorado Springs April sales-tax collections
A weak month for the automotive industry slowed sales tax collections in Colorado Springs last month, the second consecutive month of sluggish growth and the third in the past four months. Even with the weak growth in April, the city still generated $663,652 more from a new tax to fix local roads than it did…
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New contract approved, ends Fountain distribution center strike
A 10-day strike by Teamsters Local 455 against Advantage Logistics South ended Friday with approval of a five-year contract with higher wages and increased benefits for the union’s 270 members at a Fountain distribution center for Kroger Co. The contract, overwhelming ratified on Friday, “comes close” to closing the $2.57-per-hour wage gap and ending the…
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Gold Resource reports loss on mine production drop
Gold Resource Corp. reported Wednesday its first-quarter profits fell 84.2 percent from a year ago to $797,000, or 1 cent a share, as its production of gold and silver fell more than 40 percent during the same period. The company, which owns a gold and silver mine in Mexico and leases mining property in Nevada,…
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Longtime Colorado Springs jewelry store to sell off inventory and close up shop
Zerbe Jewelers, a downtown Colorado Springs fixture for more than 40 years, will close as soon as it sells all of its inventory and fixtures so its owner can retire and have back surgery. Charles Zerbe, 65, and wife and co-owner Janice have discussed plans to shut down the store for at least two years,…
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It’s a different Frontier that’s coming back to Colorado Springs
When Frontier Airlines resumes service to Colorado Springs in April with a daily nonstop flight to Las Vegas, the carrier will be far different from the airline that halted service to the city in 2013. Three years ago, the carrier operated as a low-fare airline with a traditional hub at Denver International Airport where nearly…
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Competitions offer chance to show skills
Colorado Springs software developers will get the chance to show what they can do in two competitions: Global Game Jam starts Friday and the Go Code Colorado app challenge will have a kickoff event Wednesday. Up to 65 people from the Colorado Springs area will develop games during the eighth annual game creation event from…
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Colorado Springs company named world’s top cybersecurity company
Colorado Springs added more ammunition to its efforts to lay claim as a national cybersecurity hub when root9B was ranked this month as the world’s top provider of cybersecurity services. Cybersecurity Ventures, a New York-based online publication, put the company at the top its first-quarter list of the world’s top 500 leading companies that provide…
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New Colorado Springs center to help defense contractors diversify
A new center operated by two trade associations will open next month in the Catalyst Campus near downtown Colorado Springs to help defense contractors diversify into new markets to cope with military budget cuts and to help manufacturers develop new markets and start using advanced technologies. The FourFront Fuse Impact Center will be operated by…