Author: Wayne Heilman; The Gazette
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Colorado bettors double down on sports wagering in August
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado bettors doubled down on sports wagering in August, raising the total to $128.6 million, the Colorado Division of Gaming announced this week. The return of professional sports for a full month played a major role in the big increase with basketball, baseball and hockey wagers combining…
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Iconic Colorado hotel lays of 1,411 employees amid coronavirus outbreak
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The number of layoffs across Colorado due to the coronavirus pandemic has ballooned to nearly 5,000 from 37 employers, according to notices filed in the past two weeks with the state. The numbers are from…
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Coronavirus shows no sign of slowing in Colorado; Polis orders new workplace rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New coronavirus numbers released Sunday showed no slowdown in the spread of the disease in Colorado, with 116 new cases pushing the statewide total to 591 in 29 counties, and a second death in Weld…
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Irate fans post about ‘epic fail’ after massive traffic jam at Air Force Academy NHL game
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Interstate 25 construction, a man’s death and funneling thousands of vehicles through two gates combined to produce epic traffic jams at Saturday’s NHL Stadium Series game at the Air Force Academy. Hundreds of fans took…
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Amazon buys Colorado site for massive distribution center
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Securing its future in the city, Amazon has bought land at the Colorado Springs Airport where it will build a 4-million-square-foot distribution and sorting center, a commercial project that will be one of the city’s…
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Cost of living hits 17-year high in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The cost of living in Colorado Springs rose to a 17½-year high in the first quarter and now is just 0.1 percentage points below the national average, according to a nationwide survey. Local costs were…
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Cripple Creek to break ground on world’s highest-elevation hotel
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Wildwood Casino plans to be the first of Cripple Creek’s four major casino operators to begin construction of a new hotel when it breaks ground at 11 a.m. June 6 on its 104-room Wildwood…
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Colorado city named “most desirable” place to live in United States
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After being undisputed champ for a year, Colorado Springs has to share top-billing with three other cities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 ranking of the most desirable places to live in the nation.…
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Colorado Springs no longer a cheap place to live
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For most of the past three decades, Colorado Springs has attracted both residents and businesses with a reputation as a cheap place to live and operate a business. But a booming economy and hot real…
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Colorado Springs no longer “best place to live” in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs lost bragging rights to Denver as the two cities traded places in this year’s ”Best Places to Live” ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. In 2018, Colorado Springs finished second, just ahead…