Tag: electronics
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
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Amazon buys property for second Colorado Springs delivery station
Amazon continued its expansion in Colorado Springs last week by paying $9.1 million to buy the former Western Forge manufacturing plant, where the online giant plans to build a second local delivery station. The company plans to demolish the former hand tool manufacturing complex at 4607 Forge Road, which closed last year after more than…
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Colorado Springs sales tax collections post biggest gain in 4 years
Colorado Springs sales tax collections surged in March to the biggest gain in more than four years amid booming online sales and housing construction, according to a report from the city’s Finance Department. Revenue from the city’s 2% sales tax surged 18.7% from March 2020 to $14.1 million. That’s the largest percentage increase since December…
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Historic hailstorm near Colorado Springs causes $169 million in damages
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An early morning hailstorm that pummeled Fountain and surrounding areas June 13 is the state’s 12th most expensive hailstorm on record and the second costliest in southern Colorado. The storm caused an estimated $169 million…
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Historic hailstorm near Colorado Springs causes $169 million in damages
An early morning hailstorm that pummeled Fountain and surrounding areas June 13 is the state’s 12th most expensive hailstorm on record and the second costliest in southern Colorado. The storm caused an estimated $169 million in insured losses from nearly 26,000 auto and homeowners insurance claims filed, the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association reported Friday.…
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Colorado Springs sales tax rise for fifth consecutive month
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Consumer spending in Colorado Springs continued in April at the moderate pace it has maintained throughout 2018, the latest sales tax numbers from the city show. Sales tax collections for May, based on transactions in…
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Colorado Springs sales tax rise for fifth consecutive month
Consumer spending in Colorado Springs continued in April at the moderate pace it has maintained throughout 2018, the latest sales tax numbers from the city show. Sales tax collections for May, based on transactions in April, rose 4.2 percent from May 2017 to $12.8 million. Collections have increased between 4 percent and 6 percent every…