Round-Up: State gets $205 million in mortgage settlement; Frontier Airlines to add routes from CS airport; Manitou Incline closer to legalization

By On February 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, AP, Business, Colorado Springs, Housing, Indoor/Outdoor Recreation, Katherine-Claire O'Connor, KRCC News, Legal, Legal Affairs, Manitou Springs, Round-Up, Transportation, Travel

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says the state will get $205 million as part of a multistate settlement with the nations five largest national banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo…Frontier Airlines has announced plans to expand routes available at the Colorado Springs airport…The Colorado Springs parks board has approved a plan for legalizing the Manitou Incline, according to the Gazette.

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