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An over 3,000 acre tract of land between Fort Carson and the City of Fountain is one step closer to becoming an industrial site with a new rail spur into the military base and the potential to generate thousands of jobs after the El Paso County Planning Commission unanimously backed a sketch proposal.

Edmond's downtown is growing and the city has hired a new person to coordinate ongoing redevelopment efforts. Leana Dozier started her job in November.

Plans to spur future investment at Joint Base Cape Cod - a key strategy to hedge against further closure - are under discussion.

The Navy has agreed to pay more than $6 million to demolish and remove remnants of a World War II-era blimp hangar in Southern California that was destroyed last month in a fire, service officials said Wednesday.

The PUEBLO Act directs the Army to close the Pueblo Chemical Depot and transfer the remaining parcel of land to Pueblo for economic redevelopment, writes U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper.

 

Plummer, who fought courageously against pancreatic cancer, leaves behind a legacy in NH

THE FOUNDATION "I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, become honorable by being necessary." —Nathan Hale (1776) Fellow Patriots, on this day in 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified,...

A successful approach from the 1990s might hold the key to paring back today's runaway bureaucracy.

Though their areas of interest vary, the 2023 Citizen of the Year finalists share a passion for members of the community.