Author: Wayne Heilman, The Gazette
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Capture the (cyber) flag: National Cybersecurity Center expands role in competitions
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Capture the flag may sound like a war game, but in Colorado Springs – home to five military installations – it is focused on cybersecurity and more like a difficult and technical game of “Jeopardy!” A capture the flag competition this month at the National Cybersecurity Center was the first step in a new partnership…
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KMGH-Denver7 owner is buying another Colorado station
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E.W. Scripps Co. – owner of Denver television station KMGH-Denver 7 – is acquiring KOAA-News5 in Colorado Springs and 14 other stations in a $521 million deal that will divest KOAA owner Cordillera Communications of all of its broadcasting properties. St. Paul, Minn.-based Cordillera said that “an evolving broadcast industry requires an ability to scale…
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Denver Post owner laying off 107 at Colorado Springs service center
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Digital First Media, owner of The Denver Post, the Boulder Daily Camera and nearly 100 other newspapers nationwide, will lay off 107 employees at its Colorado Springs service center after shifting the work to an outsourcing contractor. Denver-based DFM notified employees in August and sent a notice late last month to the Colorado Department of…
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Gender pay gap in Colorado widened in 2017 to 18 percent
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The pay gap between men and women in Colorado widened last year to 18 percent from 14 percent in 2016, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the American Association of University Women. The gap is smaller in the 5th Congressional District, which includes El Paso, Teller, Chaffee, Fremont counties and part…
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Colo. economists agree slowdown is coming, but not on when
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The Colorado economy has been booming for years, but several economists expect growth to slow over the next year and fall into a recession by late 2019 or early 2020. Current economic statistics reflect strong growth, including unemployment rates that are nearly the lowest levels on record, payroll growth that is accelerating after slowing last…
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Small towers in Colorado Springs key to next-generation wireless service
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COLORADO SPRINGS – Unless someone points it out, most people wouldn’t notice the cell towers that Crown Castle International Corp. owns and leases to major wireless carriers in southwest Colorado Springs. That’s because the 20-foot “small cells” are attached to street lights, utility poles and other streetside structures, including one across Broadmoor Valley Road from…
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Former Homeland Security secretary: Politicians aren’t taking cybersecurity threat seriously enough
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Politicians aren’t taking cybersecurity seriously enough, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday in Colorado Springs. “I don’t see a sense of urgency in the political world about how serious this challenge is,” Ridge said in a luncheon speech during the Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium at The Broadmoor hotel. “We have been…
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Colorado Springs economist: Recession could be on horizon in 2019, 2020
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The U.S. could face a recession by next year or in 2020 as a growing threat of inflation forces the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more quickly than anticipated, Colorado Springs economist Tatiana Bailey said Tuesday. But an economic downturn in the next few years is no sure thing, and economic growth should remain…
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El Paso County job growth slowest in nearly 3 years
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Job growth in El Paso County slowed in the second quarter to its slowest rate in nearly three years amid a worsening labor shortage, according to data released Wednesday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The slowing growth rate is “absolutely due to a tight labor market, but 2.4 percent is still a…
