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The Associated Press
Construction spending fell again in February as home building tumbled for a record 24th straight month.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that overall construction activity dropped 0.3 percent in February, reflecting weaknesses not only in home building but also in nonresidential activity. Only government building projects showed a […]

BIDLACK
Retired Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack will announce his candidacy for the House of Representatives 5th Congressional District at noon tomorrow at the Penrose Library downtown.
Bidlack has spent more than 25 years with the Air Force as a nuclear weapons systems instructor and professor at the Air Force Academy. He is […]

The El Paso County Board of Commissioners has approved an emergency appropriation of $71,774 for upgrades to the County Assessor’s Web site.
The site had not been working properly for weeks and timed out during property records searches.
Upgrades are expected to be completed in about six weeks, but in the meantime, a […]

The Cesar Chavez School Network plans to open a second K-7 elementary school in Colorado Springs this fall.
The Cesar Chavez Schools are a string of charter schools in Pueblo and Colorado Springs. The new elementary school is planned to open at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Union Boulevard.
Enrollment is under way, […]

The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES _ Sony Pictures Television says it will become the first Hollywood studio to offer full-length movies by cellphone.
The unit of Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. says it will offer a range of popular titles on special AT&T Inc. phones in May.
The movies, such as “Bugsy,” […]