Author: Wayne Heilman, The Gazette

Colorado voters narrowly approved a referendum Tuesday legalizing sports wagering. But when will you be able to place your first bet on the Avalanche, Broncos, Nuggets or Rockies? Proposition DD passed by more than 40,000 votes out of more than 1.5 million cast. The results won’t be official until Nov. 27, but the vote isn’t…

Former National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers and BlackBerry CEO John Chen headline the speakers at the National Cyber Symposium that begins Thursday at The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs. Dale Hetke, chief operating officer of the National Cybersecurity Center, which is hosting the symposium, said up to 400 cybersecurity professionals, government officials, corporate executives…

CRIPPLE CREEK ? Coloradans this November will vote on whether to allow sports wagering, with a 10% tax to help pay for state water projects. And this mountain gambling town behind Pikes Peak, where casino revenue has been sluggish for years, is hoping that passage of Proposition DD will mean a bonanza. Cripple Creek casino…

Local defense contractors shared several nuggets of information with The Gazette during this week’s Space Symposium at The Broadmoor: ? Lockheed Martin is getting a lot of attention from U.S. allies on its Intelligent Space (iSpace) software, which tracks objects in space to recognize threats and avoid collisions that would destroy satellites. The iSpace software…

The U.S. space industry faces challenges and opportunities as “awe-inspiring” as those that beset the nation’s space program in the 1960s, the CEO of aerospace giant Northrop Grumman said Tuesday in Colorado Springs. “I am confident that our nation and allies will do what is required to continue to lead in space,” CEO Kathy Warden…

America plans to return to the moon within five years – not as a nostalgic walk down memory lane, but as a “proving ground” for an eventual manned mission to Mars, NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said Tuesday. The U.S. space agency plans to test launch the rocket next year that eventually will return astronauts to…

Moon landings by multiple countries could trigger a “Wild West” scenario with few rules to keep key discoveries safe, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Tuesday. Commerce and NASA will ask Congress to approve a public-private partnership to fulfill the National Space Council’s goal of a permanent U.S. presence on the moon during the next…

William J. Hybl is stepping down as chief executive officer of the El Pomar Foundation, one of Colorado’s largest philanthropic organizations with nearly $600 million in assets. His son, Kyle Hybl will replace his father as CEO of the the Colorado Springs-based foundation, effective Friday. Bill Hybl has led the foundation since 1973, when he…