Author: Rich Laden, The Gazette
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Oklahoma news executive to succeed Steever as Gazette publisher
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Chris Reen, former president of The Oklahoman Media Co. and publisher of The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, will become president of The Gazette in February, and, after a three-month transition period, will succeed Dan Steever as publisher. Steever, who has been The Gazette’s publisher since 2012, plans to return to the East Coast in May…
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UCCS expanding to downtown Colorado Springs with satellite location
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The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is growing again – this time in the heart of downtown. UCCS, one of the state’s fastest growing universities and colleges, announced Monday it will establish a satellite location at 102 S. Tejon St. in Colorado Springs, just south of Tejon and Colorado Avenue. UCCS Downtown, as it will…
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Hickenlooper signs bill in Colorado Springs that reauthorizes job program for veterans
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COLORADO SPRINGS – A pilot program launched by Colorado lawmakers two years ago to help veterans move into the civilian workforce is getting new life. Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed a bill that extends the Veterans’ Service-to-Career Program, whose goal is to provide job services to veterans and their families as they transition from…
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Olympic Museum reaches construction midpoint in downtown Colorado Springs
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More than 1,500 pieces of steel have been erected in the 10 months since construction began on the U.S. Olympic Museum in downtown Colorado Springs. But just one piece – an 893-pound, 29-foot-long beam – was the focus of about 100 community members Friday morning. Carrying the Sharpie-inscribed signatures of dozens of construction workers, business…
