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Colorado Springs Braces For Space Force Growth And Infrastructure Demands
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Approved, Local, The Gazette

Colorado Springs Braces For Space Force Growth And Infrastructure Demands

By Mary Shinn | The Gazette As the Space Force prepares to double in size over the next five years, Peterson Space Force Base will need additional space and people to support the growth. The intense period of expansion is expected even as Space Command headquarters relocates to Huntsville, Ala., because it is a small piece of all the space operations in town. Peterson Space Force Base and Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station employ about 8,200 active-duty troops, civilians and contractors and have a combined payroll of $837 million, according to a Tuesday presentation by Col. Kenneth Klock, commander of the Space Base Delta 1. The combined economic impact of the two bases is about $2.6 billion, per the report. The entire Space Force employs about 10,000 people in specialized r...
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Greenland Defense Ties Put Colorado at the Center of Arctic Security
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Colorado Politics, Approved, Commentary, Local

Greenland Defense Ties Put Colorado at the Center of Arctic Security

By Vince Bzdek | Commentary, Colorado Politics The conclusion to the dizzying odyssey over Greenland this week reminded me a little of the ending of the “Wizard of Oz.” If you recall, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man finish a great and frightful quest only to discover they already had what they sought on the quest all along: brains, courage, heart, and the means to get back to Kansas. Similarly, President Trump has concluded that he can get what he wants out of Greenland through the security arrangements that already exist rather than buying or taking over the country. That’s because the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark (which includes Greenland as an autonomous territory) already share joint responsibility for the defense of the area. Th...
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Colorado Could See Thousands Furloughed if D.C. Gridlock Persists
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kdvr.com, Approved, State

Colorado Could See Thousands Furloughed if D.C. Gridlock Persists

By Spencer Kristensen | KDVR FOX31 DENVER (KDVR) — The United States government has been shut down since Oct. 1, with Congress unable to agree on funding for 2026. On day eight of the shutdown, many federal agencies have deferred to contingency plans for funding, which means that many employees have been furloughed. Those employees will not receive a paycheck until a deal is struck, and might not receive backpay if a budget is approved. A study by SmartAsset, a financial advisory agency, estimated how many jobs will be affected in each state. SmartAsset described its methodology as follows: “SmartAsset ranked 50 states based on the estimated per-capita furloughs due to the October 2025 federal government shutdown. Data for federal employment comes from the FedScope Employmen...
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Colorado Springs vs. Huntsville: what’s next for Space Command HQ?
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Washington Examiner, Approved, National

Colorado Springs vs. Huntsville: what’s next for Space Command HQ?

By Jamie McIntyre | Washington Examiner One of the longest-running battles in Washington is not over the war in Ukraine or the wisdom of tariffs and tax cuts but rather a war between two states over whether Space Command headquarters should remain in Colorado, where it is and always has been since its predecessor, the Air Force Space Command, was established in 1982, or move to Huntsville, Alabama, where it would be the crown jewel of “Rocket City,” home of the Army’s Redstone Arsenal. When President Donald Trump created the Space Force at the end of 2019 during his first term, Colorado’s newly renamed Peterson Space Force Base was, as logic would dictate, named the temporary headquarters of what was now a full-fledged combatant command, while a formal A...
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