Author: By Wayne Heilman [email protected]
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Magazine: Children’s Hospital Colorado ranked 6th in nation
Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado, which operates a hospital in northern Colorado Springs, was ranked as the nation’s sixth best pediatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report for a second consecutive year. Children’s Hospital Colorado declares state of emergency over mental health, suicide The magazine ranked the nation’s top 50 children’s hospitals, headed by Boston…
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Amazon hiring 2,500 for Colorado Springs distribution center
Online giant Amazon said Tuesday it will begin hiring 2,500 workers Monday for its nearly complete 3.5 million-square-foot fulfillment center near the Colorado Springs Airport. Amazon buys property for second Colorado Springs delivery station The five-story center in the airport’s Peak Innovation Park is scheduled to open in July, housing more than 20 million separate…
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2 longtime Colorado Springs restaurants reopen their doors
Two downtown Colorado Springs restaurants, King’s Chef Diner and Oscar’s Oyster & Patio Bar, have opened their doors in another sign that the downtown area is bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic. The King’s Chef at 131 E. Bijou St., plus a second location at 110 E. Costilla St., shut down in March 2020 as…
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Centura breaks ground on 3rd Colorado Springs hospital
Centura Health broke ground Monday on the newest part of its continuing expansion in Colorado Springs —a 72-bed hospital named for St. Clare of Assisi, founder of the Catholic religious order of nuns. The $160 million St. Clare Hospital is scheduled to open in March 2023 southeast of Interstate 25 and InterQuest Parkway to serve…
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Colorado unemployment rate unchanged for third consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in April for a third consecutive month at 6.4% as many employers continue to struggle to find workers, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The worker shortage is so acute the department Sunday will begin offering bonuses of up to $1,600 to those collecting unemployment benefits if…
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Coca-Cola bottler building $21.7 million facility near Colorado Springs Airport
The Coca-Cola bottler for Colorado and 12 other Western states is nearly tripling the size of its Colorado Springs distribution center just west of the Colorado Springs Airport. Amazon buys property for second Colorado Springs delivery station Swire Coca-Cola USA is spending $21.7 million on a 145,000-square-foot building at 1935 Cygnet Heights, southwest of Fountain…
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Southwest begins service to Colorado Springs: Long time coming
Southwest Airlines welcomed its first flight to Colorado Springs on Thursday with cheers, applause and high fives, a moment nearly 20 years in the making. “In my time here, this is the most important vote of confidence we have received at a time we really needed it,” Doug Price, CEO of Visit Colorado Springs, said…
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Popular California-based restaurant chain eyeballs Colorado expansion
California-based restaurant chain El Pollo Loco is looking to expand to Colorado, with plans to open up to five locations in the Colorado Springs area and up to 15 in the Denver area. But don’t expect an El Pollo Loco location to pop up near you anytime soon. No locations have been decided and the…
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Colorado Springs won’t recover jobs until 2022: Forecast
The Colorado Springs economy won’t recover the jobs lost in the COVID-19 pandemic until next year, according to an economist at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. While the local economy is recovering faster than the rest of the nation, Tatiana Bailey, director of the UCCS Economic Forum, said business closures and other disruptions…
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Colorado city breaks record-low set 126 years ago
Colorado Springs set new record-low temperatures, breaking marks set 126 years ago, for both Sunday and Monday as a wave of Arctic cold swept through the state over the weekend. The temperature at the Colorado Springs Airport plunged to -16 at 2 a.m. Monday, breaking the previous record low of -8 set in 1895, one…