Author: By Wayne Heilman [email protected]
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Colorado Springs-area King Soopers workers vote to strike
Nearly all King Soopers employees in the Colorado Springs area joined their counterparts from metro Denver in approving a strike against the Denver-based grocery chain after their contracts expire Saturday. Nearly 100% of King Soopers union employees vote to strike in Denver metro The vote came as negotiations continue between King Soopers and the United…
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Colorado sports betting declines slightly in November
The Denver Broncos 2-1 record in November wasn’t enough to prevent a slight decline in Colorado sports bets from October’s record total, the Colorado Division of Gaming reported Monday. Football boots Colorado sports bets to a record in October The $475.4 million bet in November was down 3.3% from October’s nearly $500 million total but…
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Contract talks between King Soopers, union heat up with lawsuit
Contract talks between King Soopers and United Food and Commercial Workers union Local 7 heated up Wednesday after the labor group sued in federal court, alleging the grocery chain violated its contract by using cleaning contractors to stock shelves. The lawsuit came as the Denver-based King Soopers proposed to increase worker wages $145 million over…
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Colorado Springs hotel occupancy hits pre-pandemic level
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For the first time since COVID-19 spread into the state, the occupancy rate at Colorado Springs hotels has reached pre-pandemic levels. Colorado Springs hotels continue recovery from pandemic in October Local hotels sold 56.8% of their rooms last month, the same as November 2019 and up from 46.3% in November 2020, according to the Rocky…
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Polis names new CU regent for 5th district, Switchbacks president named to Colorado Tourism Board
Gov. Jared Polis named Ken Montera on Monday to represent the 5th Congressional District, which includes Colorado Springs, on the University of Colorado Board of Regents. Montera, a Republican, ran for an at-large seat on the board unsuccessfully in 2018. He will replace Chance Hill, who resigned his seat last month to “pursue new professional…
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Larkspur greenhouse firm becoming big player in Colorado hemp industry
The owners of Dutch Heritage Gardens in Larkspur, a greenhouse complex that sells flowers and ornamental plants to major retailers, have found a lucrative side business — hemp, a close cousin of the cannabis plant. Aaron and Rozalia Van Wingerden started Royale Botanicals in 2017 to grow hemp plants to make cuttings that are sold…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…
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Colorado truck driving school sold to private equity-backed firm
A private equity-backed Virginia company has acquired the United States Truck Driving School, which operates campuses in Fountain and Wheat Ridge, with plans to expand its veteran work placement program. TransForce Group, based in Alexandria, Va., and majority owned by Palladium Equity Partners, bought the school Oct. 18 for an undisclosed price and will operate…
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9 Wells Fargo Colorado branches close temporarily
Financial giant Wells Fargo, the largest bank in Colorado Springs and statewide, recently closed nine Front Range branches temporarily as it fights a worsening labor shortage hitting many employers. Anthony Timmons, a Wells Fargo spokesman in Las Vegas, said via email that the company shuttered the branches “because of staffing constraints, and the branches will…
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Football boots Colorado sports bets to a record in October
A full schedule of NFL and college football games, along with baseball playoffs and the beginning of professional basketball and hockey seasons, pushed Colorado sports bets to a record $491.5 million in October. Colorado sports betting surges to record total Last month’s total was up more than 20% from September’s total, the previous record, and…