Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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Need a last-minute Thanksgiving ingredient? Colorado Springs-area stores are well stocked
Colorado Springs-area grocery retailers report that sales are brisk with abundant supplies of most items still available heading into Thanksgiving. Except if you’re looking for Patti LaBelle’s Sweet Potato Pie, which sells out within 20-30 minutes as soon as it arrives at any Walmart location, according to Andrew Nestor, a spokesman for the retail giant…
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Colorado Springs area income growth in 2014 fastest in 3 years
Incomes in the Colorado Springs area, measured on per-person basis, rose last year by the highest percentage since 2011, mostly as a result of big gains in retiree income, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The area’s income per person increased 3.5 percent, or $1,409, from 2013 to…
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First heavy snow of season hits northern El Paso County hard
– Note: Some school districts are on delayed start or closed Wednesday. Click here for complete list, which includes canceled classes for Lewis-Palmer District 38 and Falcon District 49. The first heavy snow of the season hit northern El Paso County hard, dumping nearly 20 inches with drifts up to 4 feet in an area 6…
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Envoy touts attractiveness of Colorado Springs for Japanese companies
Colorado and Colorado Springs are promising locations for Japanese companies to set up operations, a Japanese diplomat said Wednesday during a five-day tour designed to build understanding about Japan that included stops in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and Salt Lake City. The 1½-year-old “Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan” program brings together Japanese volunteers who…
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Foundations, private individual commit to $6 million for airport fund
El Pomar Foundation, the Anschutz Foundation and part-time Colorado Springs resident and philanthropist Lyda Hill have agreed to donate $6 million to a new fund designed to help the Colorado Springs Airport attract new flights and airlines. The proposed fund was developed by the Air Service Task Force, a panel formed two years ago by…
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Neppl named Colorado Springs’ top businessman by RBA
Tom Neppl was named Business Citizen of the Year by the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance, the top award the local nonprofit business and economic development group gives annually. Neppl received the award at the alliance’s Business and Industry Gala on Saturday at The Broadmoor hotel. He is CEO, president and owner of Springs Fabrication…
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Colorado Springs veterans parade honors past organizer
The 2015 Veterans Day parade was different from the previous 15 editions of the annual event because Diana Ceciliani wasn’t there to make it happen. Ceciliani, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant credited with revitalizing the parade in 2000, died in August after a 16-month battle with lung cancer. Saturday’s parade, attended by about…
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Colorado Springs auto market remains in neutral in October
The Colorado Springs auto market stayed in neutral in October even as new vehicle registrations hit the highest level in nearly two years, according to a report from the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. Registrations for October totaled 2,489, the highest since January, but up just seven vehicles, or 0.3 percent, from October…