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Owen Hill and Adam Alphin started their business just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to hit hard.

Three families try to move into occupied Colorado Springs home after falling for scam Published COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) —  On July 1, Ron and Susan Ford were Colorado Springs’ most desirable roommates.  Three separate families showed up to their home with belongings in tow. Each though they were renting out one of the Fords’ bedrooms.  “They were told we had a mother-in-law suite. So that’s what they were expecting."  Susan ford | homeower But the Fords never listed a room for rent. The victims had been communicating...

People lose thousands of dollars to scammers preying on wanna-be sugar babies COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Scammers are targeting people looking for so-called “sugar” relationships in Colorado Springs, according to the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado. “What con artists are doing is — they’re offering folks the ability for them to become their sugar mama or sugar daddy,” said Jonathan Liebert, CEO of the BBB of Southern Colorado. “In essence what that means they are now trying to scam you by telling you they are going to pay your bills.” Typically, a sugar rel...

Brandon Kirk, the owner of Colorado Springs-based Hydro Clean Carpet Cleaning and Planet Duct, was named 2021 Small Business Person of the Year on Thursday as part of the area's

As COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on businesses disappear, this year’s Small Business Week will focus on how the virus has changed the way many companies — large and small — operate.