Batavia paper switches to Buffalo printer

The Batavia Daily News is now being published in downtown Buffalo.
The Daily News ran its own presses for the last time on Friday. Its 13,000 daily copies will now be printed by the Buffalo News.
The Batavia newspaper’s five pressmen are being laid off, along with two maintenance workers, a mailroom employee and 15 to 20 […]

Burns, Pierce take Arizona Corporation Commission seats for GOP; Garcia, Jennings lead among Democrats

The race for two seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission was narrowed to four Tuesday night, with an incumbent commissioner and former commissioner looking like they would move on.
On the Republican ticket, current Commissioner Gary Pierce and former legislator Brenda Burns were taking the two spots available, keeping distance from former Commissioner Barry Wong in […]

Stimulus funds broadband expansion

The latest round of federal government broadband stimulus money will help fund a network expansion in the rugged Colorado mountains between Aspen and Montrose.
Madison, Wis.-based TDS Telecommunications Corp. won $1.8 million in stimulus funding to extend broadband in the Colorado communities of Cedaredge, Crawford, and Somerset. TDS will contribute $609,000 toward the project.
The expansion is […]

Cardinals go green for season with help from SRP

The Arizona Cardinals will have a green season as the University of Phoenix and Salt River Project will be using renewable power for the team’s home games.
SRP will provide the energy — roughly 1.14 million kilowatt-hours of power — for eight regular-season and two preseason games. It’s the amount of power equal to about what […]

Alamo RMA awards contract on long-awaited 281/1604 interchange

The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority awarded Williams Brothers Construction and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. the design/build contract for the U.S. 281/Loop 1604 interchange in North San Antonio.
The total value of the construction is estimated at $109 million. The value of the design contract alone is $9.1 million. The purpose behind the project is to ease […]

Phoenix Coyotes ownership dealings may get more players

The on again, off again saga around ownership of the Phoenix Coyotes continues, all with a looming deadline to sell the franchise and the city of Glendale on the hook for potentially millions.
Ice Edge Holdings LLC efforts to work out a lease deal with the city of Glendale, which owns Jobing.com Arena, and a purchase […]

Spirit net income rises in Q2

Spirit AeroSystems Inc. reported Tuesday that net income in the second quarter rose to $55 million, compared to the $8 million loss in net income the company reported in the second quarter of 2009.
Revenues at the Wichita-based aircraft supplier dipped slightly year over year, down to $1.056 billion from $1.06 billion
Earnings per share rose to […]

Independence Center gets $50,000 Anthem gift

The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation in Missouri awarded $51,479 to Independence Center, a nonprofit agency serving St. Louis-area adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses.
The grant will fund Independence Center’s wellness coaching project to educate participants on the need for physical activity and healthier lifestyle choices. The program is called Take Charge: […]