Author: Alexander Edwards
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Safeway to close 2 stores in Colorado Springs, 10 in state
Two Safeway stores in Colorado Springs will close before the end of the year. They are part of a larger, statewide cutback that will include 10 stores closing, according to information provided by Safeway. The two stores in Colorado Springs will be joined by four in the Denver metro area, two in northern Colorado, and…
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Longtime brewery in Colorado forced out of home, hopeful of finding new location
Metric Brewing, which has called the Knob Hill neighborhood home for the last seven years, is in need of a new location. But owners are adamant that they will not be closing the brewery, currently located at 1213 N. Circle Drive. Since opening in 2018, the brewery has become a hub for the Knob Hill…
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Could Trump’s tariffs make Pueblo the ‘Pittsburgh of the West’ again? It’s complicated.
Traveling from Denver or Colorado Springs, the first impression of Pueblo for many is that of an industrial city, with smoke stacks and warehouses that would look more at home in Pittsburgh than the Mountain West. An expansive industrial complex dominates much of the southern Interstate 25 corridor and offers an intimate look at the city’s…
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Transportation company lays off 100-plus workers across Colorado
A Kansas company with operations in several Colorado cities announced last week it is laying off 104 employees in the state. The company, Lenexa, Kansas-based Hallcon, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday . It is unclear what prompted the layoffs, which began last week…
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VENU to open new concert hall in Centennial, seeking to set a standard for the concert industry
Ahead of the official start of the Ford Amphitheater’s second season, the venue’s owner, Colorado Springs-based VENU, has announced a new project, this time in Centennial. It will be called The Hall at Bourbon Brothers and Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse & Tavern and occupy the 50,000-square-foot former Celebrity Lanes bowling alley. The redesign will feature a…
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Colorado company leads the pack for new multimode propulsion in spacecraft
Space is becoming more crowded and as the number of satellites increases, so too does the risk of a collision, highlighting the need for multimode propulsion in spacecraft, according to industry panelists at the 40th Space Symposium. Multimode means an engine that can operate in a high efficiency/low thrust mode and a high thrust/low efficiency…
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Lockheed Martin builds on 50 years of spaceflight perfection for Mars Sample Return
Lockheed Martin has been part of all NASA Mars missions to date and it has been part of every single sample return mission to date. And, with the Mars Sample Return mission on the horizon, Lockheed Martin is looking to continue that streak. The Mars Sample Return is one of NASA’s flagship missions, meaning it…
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Colorado-made spaceplane, Dream Chaser, nearly ready for liftoff after decades of development
After more than two decades of toiling over a spaceplane called Dream Chaser, Louisville-based Sierra Space is readying it for launch. Attendees of the 40th annual Space Symposium may recall scale models from years past but, as the Colorado space industry matures so, too, has Dream Chaser. It is scheduled to blast off no earlier…