Tag: business
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Ink lovers and sword swallowers unite at Villain Arts Tattoo Festival
Forget the T-shirt. Forget the key-chain. If you’re looking for a souvenir from this weekend that you’re really going to keep forever, the Villain Arts Tattoo Festival has a few options. This weekend, hundreds of tattoo artists will turn the Norris Penrose Event Center into an art gallery, where the walls aren’t the only thing…
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United’s Denver hub says bonjour Paris with new international flight
United Airlines is undergoing the largest expansion of international flights in the airline’s history, including those between the Queen City of the Plains and the City of Lights. The airline will begin daily nonstop flights between Denver and Paris on May 27, United said Tuesday. The connection will operate year-round. Paris is the second-largest European…
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Colorado Springs-area business events starting Aug. 23
TUESDAY Managing Your Business Cash Flow webinar — 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Registration: score.org/co/southern-colorado. Strengthening the Small Business Workforce in Colorado webinar — 4-5 p.m. Registration: tinyurl.com/mtmw8yaz. WEDNESDAY Buying Your First Home webinar — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration: ent.com/events. THURSDAY Spend with Intention: Budgeting for What Matters webinar — 9-9:30 a.m. Registration: ent.com/events. COMING UP Sept.…
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New film museum at Stanley Hotel may be ready sooner than expected
The Stanley Hotel, the famous historic site that inspired Stephen King’s book “The Shining” that was later adapted into a horror film classic starring Jack Nicholson, is busy with construction. It’s been more than a year since a state bond issuer bought the hotel in Estes Park for $400 million in an effort to make…
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Let’s let the market help solve Colorado River woes | Vince Bzdek
Negotiators for the seven states along the Colorado River Basin have had two years to reach an agreement on how to manage the river, which is at dangerously low water levels. They came up with zilch. That left solving the crisis in the hands of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which has been without an…
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L.L. Bean opening first retail location in Colorado Springs
One of the United States’ best-known clothing brands will open a retail shop in Colorado Springs later this year. L.L. Bean, the Maine-based outdoor clothing retailer, is remodeling the former Container Store at the Promenade Shops at Briargate. The Container Store closed in April. The new 13,000-square-foot store at 1925 Briargate Parkway is expected to…
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Spacecraft made in Colorado fails to save NASA observatory
A high-risk mission led by a startup in Colorado to save one of NASA’s important scientific instruments has failed. The U.S. space agency and Katalyst announced Wednesday the spacecraft sent to stop the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from burning up in Earth’s atmosphere struggled with attitude control, the system in charge of orienting a spacecraft…
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State Patrol reports 316 commercial vehicle distracted crashes in 2025
Colorado State Patrol troopers investigated 316 commercial motor vehicle crashes involving distracted driving in 2025, the agency said Thursday. CSP said that crashes involving commercial motor vehicles, whether the truck is at fault or not, often produce devastating high-fatality and severe injury outcomes because of the weight of the vehicles. Of those crashes, 257 involved…
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Nearly $1 billion in Space Force test and training work coming to Colorado-connected companies
The Space Force is seeking advanced training systems to ensure Guardians remain on top of complexities in space, which is increasingly becoming a contested environment. It has tapped 15 companies to develop the National Space Test and Training Complex Innovative Technology and Engineering’s Space Test and Range (NITE-STAR). All of the companies listed in a…
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Film festival celebrates 15 years with 40 films and a new Colorado Springs home
There’s something about sitting in a dark theater with a room full of strangers. For a little while, the outside world fades, the lights dim and the only thing that matters is what’s unfolding on screen. And for a couple of hours, everyone in the room agrees to be transported somewhere else. But what if…