CSBJ Daily

Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled during the past six years among teenage and adult women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
This is the largest study to examine the trends in both pre-pregnancy type 1 and type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes […]

Energy Outreach Colorado has named Pamela Packer as its new director of energy solutions. She replaces Shelly Wallace who moved out of state to pursue other opportunities.
Packer is responsible for EOC’s grants program to increase the energy efficiency of affordable housing, the program to increase the efficiency of non-profit shelters […]

A bill that would increase automobile insurance rates to lower unpaid trauma costs died in committee this week.
House Bill 1009 would have required insurers to provide a $10,000 medical coverage policy to Colorado motorists without health insurance.
Representatives from two insurance groups testified against the bill in the House Business Affairs […]

U.S. consumer confidence fell in April to a 26-year low.
The Reuters/University of Michigan sentiment index decreased to 62.6, from 69.5 the previous month. The measure was down from a preliminary estimate of 63.2 issued on April 11.
The index of consumer expectations for six months from now, which more closely projects the direction […]

Nearly 500 free reserved-seat tickets for the Air Force Academy’s 2008 graduation ceremony will be available through the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce.
President George W. Bush is scheduled to be this year’s commencement speaker. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. May 28 at Falcon Stadium.
Free tickets can […]

The city wants to know where all the potholes are.
Road crews are asking drivers to alert them to where the city’s worst potholes are so they can be filled during pothole week, April 28 to May 2.
During the week, the city will tackle the pothole problem with five fulltime, three-person crews.
Potholes […]

Colorado Springs Police want to have a meeting with downtown bar owners and liquor licensees.
The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Gold Hill Division station at 955 W. Moreno.
Gold Hill Division Commander Kurt Pillard said the meeting is intended as chance for bar owners to meet police that patrol […]

Colorado Springs-based G.E. Johnson Construction Co. will join 12 other construction and mechanical engineering firms to restore the historic Industrial Sciences Building on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins this spring.
The facility will become a Preconstruction Center designed to prepare students to work in collaborative teams and integrated industry […]

Offices at the new Pikes Peak Community College campus in Falcon are open.
The campus is located in the old Falcon Middle School, at 11990 Swingline Road. Staff members are prepared to begin enrolling students.
More than 135 classes will be offered initially, and students will be able to earn Associate of Arts and AA Business Transfer […]

Three candidates have been selected for a Fourth Judicial District judgeship.
Debra Campeau of Colorado Springs, Barney Iuppa of Monument and Scott Sells of Woodland Park were selected by a nominating commission.
Gov. Bill Ritter has 15 days to make an appointment. The judgeship will begin July 1.
Comments about nominees can be […]