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Luke Hewitt, instructor with Coe College's aviation management and flight operations program, stands next to Addy LuGrain, the first of three aviation students in the program's history to complete a solo flight.

Coe College aviation students complete first solo flights

Three Coe College students completed solo training flights Dec. 9, marking the first solo flights in the aviation management and flight operations program’s history. The milestone represents a key progression in pilot training, where students transition from instructor-guided learning to…

Iowa’s wine industry pumping money into economy

By Dave DeWitte As new wineries and vineyards continue to pop up across Iowa, they’re…

CBJ Social Media Contest to begin Monday

The Corridor Business Journal is launching the Fastest Growing Companies Social Media Contest on Monday,…

‘Today’ host Hoda Kotb gives keynote at IWLC event

By Angela Holmes CORALVILLE – You just need one person to believe in you. For…

Brazile speaker in ACT’s diversity, inclusion series

By Angela Holmes IOWA CITY – Political strategist Donna Brazile is no stranger to Iowa…

Farmers markets seeing changes, retirements

By Cindy Hadish Danielle Martin and Laura Strabala are hanging up their baking hats after…

CR fire station meets highest green standard

By Dave DeWitte CEDAR RAPIDS – The new Central Fire Station appears haunted by green,…

State regulators rebuff CR casino proposal

By Dave DeWitte The rejection of a casino license application for the Cedar Crossing Casino…

Rowver trike gives disabled bikers a chance to ride

By Dave DeWitte MOUNT VERNON – The Rowver Rowing Trike could become a new kind…

Mixed-use plan proposes new spaces in NewBo

By Katie Mills Giorgio CEDAR RAPIDS – The burgeoning New Bohemia neighborhood will continue to…

Proponents, opponents of CR casino make final push

By Dave DeWitte CEDAR RAPIDS – Despite an impressive campaign for a state casino license,…

Bike to Work Week is serious business

By Dave DeWitte CORRIDOR – It’s an earnest question about an annual observance that seems…

Panera Bread to build prototype in Coralville

By Dave DeWitte CORALVILLE – Panera Bread Co. is reviving plans for a bakery on…

New tech tools give insurers insight on risk

By Dave DeWitte CEDAR RAPIDS – Technology is improving the way United Fire Group insures…

Proposed baseball complex could bring top players

By Dave DeWitte MARION – The name of a proposed 17-field baseball complex planned here…

Modern Companies tripling space with move

By Dave DeWitte CEDAR RAPIDS –Modern Companies, the largest mechanical contractor in the Corridor, is…