With supply chains strained, the COVID-19 pandemic still gripping the nation and inflation looming, investors may be nervous about their portfolios and wondering what actions they should take.

Texas-based Underline Infra-structure Inc. is making a $100 million investment in Colorado Springs to build an open access network that will deliver ultra-fast internet.

“Eclectic CO. would not exist without the Downtown Partnership’s Pop-Up program,” says Peri Bolts, who has owned the popular cooperative retail space on North Tejon Street since 2018. That was the year she quit her job as a Starbucks manager — on a whim — and applied for a special Pop-Up lea…

Vote “yes” committees for the city of Colorado Springs’ two ballot issues on the Nov. 2 ballot are drawing big money, with most coming from the usual suspects — construction companies, police and fire organizations, philanthropists, and developers.

Retail store owners count on holiday sales to carry them through the slowest months of the year — from January to April. And some store owners are expecting that customers will want a return to a traditional shopping experience — hot cider and cookies, courtesy gift wrapping and taking their…

Colorado’s minimum wage is set to increase on Jan. 1 from $12.32 per hour to a proposed $12.56 per hour. 

There’s a Spider-Man story where Peter Parker signs up to work for one Tony Stark, CEO of the global tech giant, Stark Industries. As a new company man, he gets a cool new employee costume (er, uniform).

Owen Hill and Adam Alphin started their business just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to hit hard.

Denver’s Tattered Cover is set to open a Colorado Springs location next year, in the historic Downtown building once occupied by Zeezo’s. 

More than 6,000 Westside residents mobilized to fight a proposal for 420 apartments and additional commercial development at 2424 Garden of the Gods Road. And neighbors near a planned conversion of the Springs Ranch Golf Course into a 900-1,000 unit single-family and multifamily home develop…

Ask Gretchen Bliss about the United States’ biggest cyber vulnerabilities, and she won’t start with the power grid, or voting machines, or even the nation’s satellites.

Masking, quarantine and vaccination are among the most difficult and contentious issues local school districts have had to tackle this fall.

Monse and Timothy Hines discovered muralist Paes164 through a mutual friend. It wasn’t long before two vibrant murals appeared on the walls of the couple’s Old Colorado City building; the most recent is a woman dancing, a tribute to the El Salvadoran culture behind their family-owned pupuseria.

The developer of a tract of land at 2424 Garden of the Gods Road has asked a District Court judge to overturn the Colorado Springs City Council’s Aug. 24 decision to deny a rezoning request, concept plan and master plan amendment to allow for a residential/commercial development at the foot …

Crippling supply chain issues and labor shortages are still a drag on the nation’s economy, and the Pikes Peak region has not been spared.

The pandemic hit the arts hard, with devastating losses in employment and earnings nationwide. Locally, a variety of grant and low-interest loan opportunities and resources have been offered to help arts organizations navigate the rough waters.

In terms of numbers, the employee shortages that existed before the pandemic have persisted.

Southwest Colorado Springs has been a part of Danny Mientka’s life for decades.

Recently installed signs surrounding Colorado College proclaim, “No parking except permit holders.” It’s part of a plan designed by the college, city and residents to prevent students, faculty and staff from invading surrounding neighborhoods and blocking driveways.

More than 25 percent of restaurants statewide are looking at closing their doors forever, in the face of soaring overheads and a severe labor shortage.

If we ever needed laughter, we need it now.

In a couple of months, the city of Colorado Springs will begin a major reconstruction of two portions of South Academy Boulevard, from the ground up.

The 2021 tourist season has exceeded expectations, and tourism experts say the numbers may come close to the records set in 2019.

Genevieve Gustavson was among those who fled their homes in Mountain Shadows as the Waldo Canyon fire bore down in 2012, claiming 347 homes and two lives. So she’s not eager to see more residents flood into her neighborhood, considering some 26,000 people barely made it out alive nine years ago.

Aerospace giants and fledgling game-changers showed how they’re aiming to alter the business of space as they converged on the 36th Space Symposium, following a COVID-induced break last year.

It’s no secret that registered nurses and other medical professionals are in high demand; medical personnel are on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19. 

Nick Adkins and Weilani Bowers built a small but robust business, Manitou French Pastries, at the west end of Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs. Adkins opened the business in 2018, and Bowers, who worked with him, took it over in March 2020.

Launched just six years ago, the Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation is bursting at the seams, triggering an ambitious expansion plan that will cost $68 million for infrastructure and overhaul a part of eastern Downtown.

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered yet another shortage: bus drivers.

The 36th Space Symposium will make its post-COVID return to Colorado Springs next week. The annual event, hosted by the Space Foundation and usually held in April at The Broadmoor hotel, features the crème de la crème of the international space community — military, industry and academic pro…

Stuck between shrinking inventory and stagnating wages, Springs renters are feeling the squeeze. 

Paid parking in Colorado Springs has been a fact of life for years now — and through the city’s Parking Enterprise, the system runs pretty smoothly.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made employee wellness a priority, with even small businesses — often unaccustomed to structured wellness programs — looking to revamp their approach. 

Colorado Springs has always been marketed as a place with an ideal climate, beautiful scenery and abundant sunshine.

A city requirement that developers donate 5.5 acres of parkland might stymie construction of 642 attainable housing units at Hotel Eleganté, according to the project’s developers.

A sign on the front window of the Historic Ute Inn in Woodland Park reads: “Now Hiring! Help Wanted! Please Apply Inside.”

A delegation of 65 community leaders, business people and elected officials are hoping their nearly 1,700-mile trip to Washington, D.C., in September translates into solutions to some nagging problems facing the Pikes Peak region.

Dr. Jeffrey Moody was on call every other night for two years — then he was on call every day for two years after that, sleeping at the hospital during shifts. Finally, he was on call from his home for four years.

Money from the state to fund the City for Champions tourism ventures dropped by 13 percent in 2020, compared to 2019, or about $745,000.