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Canon City Police: Royal Gorge Fire human-caused
The Associated Press
Updated: Sat, Mar 1, 2014CANON CITY — Authorities say a fire that heavily damaged the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park last summer was human-caused. The Canon City Police Department released the detail Friday but did not elaborate. The wildfire was reported the afternoon of June 11 and by that evening, it had...
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Man arrested in Waldo Canyon home burglary case
by lisa walton lisa.walton@gazette.com -
Updated: Tue, Feb 25, 2014DNA found on a beer bottle in a ransacked Rockrimmon home that was evacuated during the Waldo Canyon fire led investigators to one of two suspects in the burglary, court documents said. According to court documents, 20-year-old Graylon Thomas's DNA was found inside a residence where...
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Black Forest district says report clears fire chief of wrongdoing
By Lisa Walton, lisa.walton@gazette.com -
Updated: Thu, Feb 20, 2014The Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District says an independent report has cleared Black Forest Fire Chief Bob Harvey of any negligence in his handling of the Black Forest fire, but the portion of the report released Wednesday did not answer questions about the fire's cause. The...
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Mountain Shadows marks milestone with mayor's 100th 'welcome home' basket
by Jesse Byrnes jesse.byrnes@gazette.com -
Updated: Sun, Feb 16, 2014Mayor Steve Bach delivered the 100th gift basket Saturday morning to residents in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood, where the Waldo Canyon fire burned 347 homes in 2012. Bach and his wife, Suzi, and members of Colorado Springs Together, the nonprofit organization created to assist...
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Black Forest seeks 'spark plugs' to rouse Firewise
by garrison wells garrison.wells@gazette.com -
Updated: Fri, Feb 14, 2014The Black Forest Fire Rescue/Protection District is looking for a few "spark plugs" to help transform the Black Forest area into a group of "Firewise Communities." Spark plug is the name Firewise gives to people who take the lead in convincing a community to take part in a national...
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Colorado flood damage may hurt ability to fight fires
Associated Press
Updated: Fri, Feb 7, 2014DENVER — Colorado's congressional delegation is asking the federal government to move faster to fix flood damage to prevent further destruction from wildfires. Letters have been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service asking them to fix damaged or...