Author: Wayne Heilman Special to the Gazette
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School testing a big topic at Children of Color Summit
Colorado’s new student testing system will kick into high gear in early March when most students take the tests for the first time, which raised concerns Saturday from some Colorado Springs parents attending an education summit about the amount of testing state law requires. The system, the Colorado Measure of Academic Success, drew criticism and…
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Former Colorado Springs Sun editor and publisher dies
William Woestendiek, editor and publisher of the Colorado Springs Sun from 1970 to 1975, died Friday in a Mesa, Ariz., nursing facility after a long illness. He was 90. Born in Newark, N.J., and raised in Saugerties, N.Y., Woestendiek had a long career as a prize-winning journalist and newspaper editor at Newsday in Long Island,…
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WORLD VIEW: Colorado Springs export industry works toward a rebound
At one point in the not-too-distant past, Colorado Springs had a healthy export industry. And then the bottom fell out – not because of the recession, though that didn’t help. But in 2008, when Intel closed its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs, the city’s export numbers took a dive. For the next four years,…
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Game-creators get a chance to make their move at Colorado Springs event
Participants at the Global Game Jam don’t play games – they create them. Up to 50 people from the Pikes Peak region will be doing their part this week as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs hosts one of the 489 events worldwide for the seventh annual game creation extravaganza. The event,which runs from…
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FDIC wants ban, fines for CEO of Colorado Springs State Bank holding company
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. wants to ban the former president and CEO of Herring Bank of Amarillo, Texas, from the banking industry, and fine him $200,000. Herring operates a branch in Colorado Springs under the name Colorado Springs State Bank. The FDIC alleges that Cornelius Campbell Burgess violated banking laws or regulations and breached…
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Plane speaking: Colorado Springs chosen to host major ‘fly-in’ event in September
Up to 400 small private aircraft and 2,000 people are expected to descend on the Colorado Springs Airport on Sept. 26 for a fly-in event, making the Springs one of only a handful of U.S. cities to host one this year. The 370,000-member Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association selected the local airport from among 40…
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DaVita completes purchase of Colorado Springs medical practice
DaVita Health Care Partners Inc. confirmed Thursday it has completed its acquisition of Colorado Springs Health Partners, the largest medical practice in the Colorado Springs area with 114 doctors in 11 locations serving more than 110,000 patients. The transaction was completed Wednesday but went into effect Jan. 1, a company spokesman said. Terms of the…
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New York investors buy longtime Colorado Springs landscaping material business
JLL Partners Inc., a New York-based private equity investment firm, has acquired Colorado Springs-based Pioneer Sand Co. Inc. and its related landscaping materials businesses with plans to expand beyond its 30 locations in Arizona and Colorado. JLL retained nearly all of Pioneer’s more than 500 employees and said in a letter to employees that the…
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New-vehicle registrations hit high gear in El Paso County last year
New vehicles registered in El Paso County surged to a 10-year high last year, fueled by growing consumer confidence and low-interest loans offered by many manufacturers and lenders. The 25,603 new vehicles registered in the county in 2014 was up 7.6 percent from 2013, the fifth consecutive annual increase since registrations fell to a 39-year…
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Colorado Springs tech company grows again with Philly-area acquisition
Braxton Science & Technology Group has acquired Gnostech, a 75-employee engineering and consulting company based in the Philadelphia area. It’s the second in a series of acquisitions the Colorado Springs-based aerospace firm hopes to make over the next few years. Terms of the Dec. 24 deal weren’t disclosed, but the acquisition added $10 million to…