Wayne Heilman
The Gazette
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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Colorado Springs airfares at lowest levels in 25 years
Local business leaders and city officials call it the Southwest effect — and for good reason. → Read More
Empty Stocking Fund: The Resource Exchange
Resident Jason Royal and his wife are like many parents raising three young children. → Read More
Colorado Springs manufacturer shutting down after losing contracts
A 51-year-old specialty metal manufacturer based in Colorado Springs has laid off all but four of its employees and will shut down early next year after losing contracts from its → Read More
Colorado Springs defense contractor wins $40 million in Air Force work orders
Colorado Springs-based defense contractor Vectrus has won two Air Force work orders totaling $40 million for installation and support services. The work orders come under a $6.4 billion contract the → Read More
Phil and Ann Winslow: Colorado Springs partnership both at home and in the garage
Phil Winslow has headed the auto dealership that bears his name for 60 years through three locations, and the 81-year-old entrepreneur doesn't plan to retire anytime soon. → Read More
Colorado Springs distiller sold to holding company
Lee Spirits, which operates a distillery in Monument and tasting rooms in Monument and downtown Colorado Springs, has been acquired by Sonder Libations, a Monument-based holding company that plans to → Read More
Colorado Springs at 150 years | Prolific architect designed 200 buildings in Colorado Springs
Gen. William J. Palmer may have founded Colorado Springs, but Scottish architect Thomas MacLaren designed many of the city's most important and historic buildings. → Read More
Power provider plans to bring fiber-optic broadband service to rural parts of El Paso County
While Colorado Springs residents have enjoyed fast internet for years, those in outlying areas such as Black Forest and unincorporated Falcon have struggled with slower speeds. Now a Limon-based rural → Read More
First new hotel in decades opens in Cripple Creek
More than two years after starting construction that stretched through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 101-room Wildwood Hotel opened late Friday in Cripple Creek as the first of three → Read More
Some Colorado Springs employers returning to office, others are waiting
The exodus back to the office is underway — though many workers won't be saying goodbye to their home offices anytime soon. → Read More
Texas developer planning to convert Colorado Springs' second-largest hotel into apartments
An Austin, Texas, company that specializes in converting hotels to apartments is proposing to turn the Hotel Elegante Conference & Event Center into 642 “attainable” apartments under plans filed Monday → Read More
Colorado Springs hotel occupancy surges in May as tourists return
Colorado Springs hotels continued to recover faster than the state and nation in May, with the city’s hotel occupancy rate reaching the highest level since last August. → Read More
Colorado unemployment rate falls to lowest level since March 2020
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell to 6.2% in May, breaking a three-month logjam when the rate was stuck at 6.4% and reaching the lowest level since March 2020, when the COVID-19 → Read More
Fort Carson notifies workers it could furlough 315
A Fort Carson contractor has filed a notice with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment that it might furlough all 315 of its employees beginning Aug. 5 due to → Read More
AutoNation plans first Colorado Springs location
AutoNation, the nation's largest vehicle dealership group, is planning to expand Colorado Springs with a used vehicle dealership near Woodmen Road and Powers Boulevard. → Read More
Colorado Springs Lexus dealer moving to North Nevada Avenue
A Colorado Springs luxury car dealer is following the bulk of its customers by moving north and expanding across from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus. → Read More
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 → Read More
Study: Higher employer minimum wages forcing raises for all workers
Minimum wages set by Amazon and several national retailers are pushing pay higher in cities where the companies operate, according to a new study by three economics and social science → Read More
Amazon distribution center in Colorado Springs has thousands of robots
Amazon's new distribution center that's set to open near the Colorado Springs Airport next month is a study in automation — so much so that that robotics is part of → Read More
Southwest to try holiday flights to Houston, San Antonio from Colorado Springs
Southwest Airlines is adding temporary daily flights from Colorado Springs to San Antonio, Texas, and Houston's William P. Hobby Airport during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday weeks as an experiment → Read More