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Early results released by the city clerk's office showed Henjum had garnered 5,302 votes — 37.6% of ballots — in the most competitive race of the evening and was likely to be elected to represent Colorado Springs’ central sector. It was one of six district races on the ballot that could determine the direction of council for the next four years. Jill Gaebler, first elected to represent the district in 2013 and re-elected to a second term in 2017, is term-limited and cannot run again. "I was believing I would win based on my campaigning, but there were five people running and it was com...

Scheels, a 220,000-square-foot sporting goods retailer, is projected to open in the InterQuest Marketplace toward the end of March. The business is expected to employ more than 350 people.  Bryan Grossman When Northgate developer Gary Erickson was a boy growing up in Colorado Springs, he said, there was nothing for a kid to do. Now Erickson is on a mission to make sure no kid growing up in Colorado Springs will ever be able to say the same thing again. Erickson recently worked out a deal with Topgolf Entertainment Group to open a new, multilevel venue at Pol...

A driving range with climate-controlled hitting bays will be part of the 54,000-square-foot Topgolf — formerly Crush Golf — entertainment venue that's under construction at the 200-acre Polaris Pointe retail complex in northern Colorado Springs. Dallas-based Topgolf is aiming for a summer opening of the facility, whose high-tech games, food and beverages are designed to cater to golfers and nongolfers. CHANCEY BUSH, THE GAZETTE 

Today, the 200-acre Polaris Pointe retail center in northern Colorado Springs is being called one of the city's most vibrant shopping centers.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incumbent Colorado Springs City Council member David Geislinger has a battle on his hands, according to campaign finance reports due Feb. 15, which also suggest Republican politics will play a role. Two of the three candidates trying to unseat Geislinger have raised more money by far than Geislinger. The other, Dave Noblitt, has raised $7,260 — $5,000 from the Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters Political Action Committee — and spent $6,363, leaving him with $897 on hand.  Geislinger has...