CSBJ Daily

The El Paso County Board of Commissioners has approved a plan to consolidate 13 departments into four in order to deal with a shrinking 2008/09 budget.
The consolidation also means that seven executive positions will be eliminated, 24 employees will be laid off and 41 vacant positions will be frozen indefinitely.
The consolidation […]

El Paso Western Pipelines officials want to move the company’s offices out of downtown.
Spokesman Richard Wheatley said the company hopes to move from its 2 N. Nevada Ave., location by third quarter 2010 and that officials are looking for a new building in the Briargate area.
The decision is based partly on a […]

Local residents and visitors to the U.S. Senior Open will find access to The Broadmoor hotel and golf courses a real challenge for the next two weeks.
Here’s an update of tournament-related road closures.
El Pomar Road will be closed from Mesa Road to Penrose Boulevard from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 26 […]

Mortenson Construction will begin work on a $20 million tactical equipment maintenance facility and an Engineering Squadron building at Fort Carson this fall.
The company was awarded this most recent contract by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Work on the 70,000-square-foot tank maintenance building will begin in October, with completion scheduled for August 2009. It will be […]