Author: WAYNE HEILMAN

The vision of former President George H.W. Bush that the world’s great powers – the U.S., China and Russia – can compete peacefully – should still be the nation’s top strategic goal, a retired Air Force general said Friday. Gregory “Speedy” Martin told about 50 military personnel, Air Force Academy cadets and students from the…

Colorado’s unemployment edged lower to 6.1% in July, but only because nearly 3,000 people left the job market and as a result were not counted as unemployed, the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The July jobless rate, which had been 6.2% in June, was the lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a statewide…

New vehicle registrations in Colorado in the first half of the year surged more than 20% from last year’s pandemic-slowed pace, according to the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association. The 123,723 new vehicles registered in the first six months of the year were up 21,180 vehicles from the same period last year, when state COVID-19 pandemic…

Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in January amid looser COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions on businesses, reaching the lowest rate since just before restrictions began a year ago, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Monday. The state’s jobless rate fell to 6.6% after holding steady at 6.9% for the final three months of 2020; that rate…

Colorado officials have formed a task force to investigate and prosecute criminals using stolen identities to file fraudulent unemployment insurance claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has received 1.1 million fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits in the year since the pandemic hit the state, Joe Barela, the agency’s executive…

Danish wind turbine giant Vestas announced Wednesday it will lay off 450 workers from its plants in Brighton and Pueblo as part of a consolidation triggered by declining demand. The company said in a news release that it plans to offer other jobs to 150 of the laid-off employees, which include 280 during the next…

Children’s Hospital Colorado plans to resume construction of a clinic in the Briargate area soon that will offer pediatric behavioral health and other services, but is shelving plans for a downtown Colorado Springs clinic. Both projects, as well as several others by other local hospital operators, were put on hold in April amid a statewide…

Sports wagering in Colorado jumped to another record in December, pushing the amount bet last year to nearly $1.2 billion, the Colorado Department of Revenue reported Monday. Betting on professional football and basketball, and college basketball added up to more than half of the $284.6 million total in December. Last month’s total was up 23.1%…