Author: Rich Laden, The Gazette
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Oklahoma news executive to succeed Steever as Gazette publisher
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
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
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
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…