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Rich Laden

@RichLaden

I recently retired as a Business reporter at the Colorado Springs Gazette in Colorado Springs, CO.

 Colorado Springs, CO
Joined December 2009
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Las Vegas-based sandwich shop reopening 2 locations in Colorado Springs (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/09/07/las-v…
Las Vegas-based sandwich shop reopening 2 locations in Colorado Springs

Las Vegas-based sandwich shop reopening 2 locations in Colorado Springs

Several months after three Capriotti's Sandwich Shop locations chain closed across Colorado Springs, two of them will reopen in the coming weeks.

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Colorado Springs' tallest, most prominent buildings fall into foreclosure (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/08/25/color…
Colorado Springs’ tallest, most prominent buildings fall into foreclosure

Colorado Springs’ tallest, most prominent buildings fall into foreclosure

The Wells Fargo Tower and FirstBank buildings, Colorado Springs’ two tallest and most prominent buildings, have fallen into foreclosure.

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Construction on 27-story apartment tower in downtown Colorado Springs expected to begin by year's end (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/07/06/const…
Construction on 27-story apartment tower in downtown Colorado Springs expected to begin by year's...

Construction on 27-story apartment tower in downtown Colorado Springs expected to begin by year's...

Though Colorado Springs leadership more than a year ago greenlit plans to construct the apartment tower downtown, construction isn't expected to begin for another four to six months, developers said.

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Last remaining On the Border location in Colorado Springs closes (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/05/18/last-…
Last remaining On the Border location in Colorado Springs closes

Last remaining On the Border location in Colorado Springs closes

On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has permanently closed its last remaining location in Colorado Springs at 5832 Barnes Road.

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Gazette editor Jim Trotter inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/05/15/gazet…
Gazette editor Jim Trotter inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame

Gazette editor Jim Trotter inducted into the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame

Denver Press Club on Saturday admits Denver Gazette and The Gazette in Colorado Springs Associate Editor Jim Trotter into its Hall of Fame.

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Downtown Colorado Springs sees residential momentum, gains visitors in 2025: Report - Colorado Springs Gazette gazette.com/2026/03/19/downt…

Downtown Colorado Springs sees residential momentum, gains visitors in 2025: Report

Downtown Colorado Springs saw thousands of new residents, millions of new visitors and dozens of new businesses in 2025, a new report shows.

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Wendy's closes Colorado Springs locations - Colorado Springs Gazette gazette.com/2026/03/13/wendy…
Wendy's closes Colorado Springs locations

Wendy's closes Colorado Springs locations

Two Wendy's locations in Colorado Springs have permanently closed, part of the company's broad U.S. turnaround plan called "Project Fresh."

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Chick-fil-A plans expansion in Cimarron Hills (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/02/20/chick…
More Chick-fil-A coming to the Colorado Springs area, including a first-of-its-kind local build

More Chick-fil-A coming to the Colorado Springs area, including a first-of-its-kind local build

Atlanta-based fast-food chain Chick-fil-A is targeting expansion in Cimarron Hills on Colorado Springs’ eastern side.

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Historic restaurant and roadside attraction returning to Colorado Springs (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/02/12/histo…

Historic restaurant and roadside attraction returning to Colorado Springs

Almost a year after acquiring an iconic Colorado Springs restaurant known for its landmark status and multi-generational cred, the new owners of the Navajo Hogan are preparing for her grand (re)deb...

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Beloved, longtime ice cream shop to open second location in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette gazette.com/2026/02/09/belov…
Beloved, longtime ice cream shop to open second location in Colorado Springs

Beloved, longtime ice cream shop to open second location in Colorado Springs

Editor’s note: This story has been updated since it originally published Feb. 9., including ownership of the existing BJ’s Velvet Freez on North Union Boulevard. A beloved, longtime staple of the...

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Aldi wants to take over a new state: Colorado (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2026/01/12/aldi-…

Grocer Aldi wants to take over a new state: Colorado

Aldi announced it’s expanding to the Centennial State with about 50 stores within two years, according to a company press release.

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Oskar Blues closes in downtown Colorado Springs (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2025/12/30/oskar…
Oskar Blues closes in downtown Colorado Springs

Oskar Blues closes in downtown Colorado Springs

Longmont-based restaurant, craft beer brewer and music venue Oskar Blues Grill & Brew has permanently closed in downtown Colorado Springs.

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Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs names new CEO (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2025/12/11/downt…
Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs names new CEO

Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs names new CEO

The Downtown Partnership of Colorado Springs announced its new chief executive officer during the group's holiday mixer on Dec. 11.

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Swire Coca-Cola, USA announces $475M investment in Colorado Springs (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2025/12/10/swire…
Swire Coca-Cola, USA announces $475M investment in Colorado Springs

Swire Coca-Cola, USA announces $475M investment in Colorado Springs

Swire Coca-Cola, USA will establish a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in southeastern Colorado Springs.

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Chauncey Billups, a Denver icon, lets down Colorado | Vinny's take (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/2025/10/23/chaun…
Chauncey Billups, a Denver icon, lets down Colorado | Vinny's take

Chauncey Billups, a Denver icon, lets down Colorado | Vinny's take

It was one of those sentences that kept getting stranger and stranger. Chauncey Billups? Rigged poker games? La Cosa Nostra? It looks like the legacy of the best basketball player to ever come from...

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Robert Redford remembered for film shot in Colorado Springs, time in Boulder (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/arts-entertainme…
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'Food access is being taken away from us': Colorado Springs braces for impacts of Safeway closures (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/business/colorad…
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Former state legislator, Manitou Springs mayor Marcy Morrison remembered as political trailblazer (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/news/former-stat…
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"Ryne Sandberg was a heck of a good guy, and it's just heartbreaking that his life should be cut short this way." Bob Costas, who was on the call for the "Sandberg Game", remembers Ryne Sandberg.
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Some Sonic Drive-In locations close in Colorado Springs (Via The Gazette) gazette.com/business/sonic-d…
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