Author: Laura Snider
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Eldora is ready to mark its 50th year
When six-time Hungarian national ski champion Gabor Cseh immigrated to the United States in 1956, he chose to live in Colorado for the opportunities the mountainous state offered in the still-young ski resort industry. At the time, Interstate 70 did not connect the population in Denver to the Western Slope ski areas, but Denver had…
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It’s a banner year for Boulder’s peregine falcon population
Twelve peregrine falcons that hatched this year on Boulder open space have gone on to learn to fly, making it the most productive year for the birds since monitoring began in 1984. A new mating pair moved onto Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks land in 2010, bringing the number of nesting peregrine pairs to…
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Beetle-kill pines just one factor in forest fires
As a series of devastating wildfires consumed tens of thousands of acres of Colorado forest during the last month some people have been quick to blame the numerous stands of trees killed by voracious pine beetles as one of the factors contributing to the intensity of the blazes. But scientists aren’t so sure. Researchers at…
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Beetle-kill pines just one factor in forest fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a series of devastating wildfires consumed tens of thousands of acres of Colorado forest during the last month some people have been quick to blame the numerous stands of trees killed by voracious pine…
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2,400 pre-evacuation orders for Flagstaff fire inBoulder
More than 100 firefighters worked overnight — and in the face of shifting winds — to battle the 300-acre Flagstaff Fire and to prevent it from spreading into the city of Boulder. A federal Type 1 team, which was pre-positioned in Jefferson County, is expected to arrive Wednesday morning to defend against the wind-whipped wildland…
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Worker killed by falling girder at Boulder hospital construction site
A construction worker was killed Tuesday by a steel girder that fell 15 to 20 feet after being set into the frame of a new building at Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said. The accident happened around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday at the Foothills campus, 4747 Arapahoe Ave. The girder, which was…
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Flagstaff Mountain residents worry about USA Pro Cycling race
As longtime Flagstaff Mountain resident Susan Femmer steered her car along the narrow, paved road that runs across the top of the mountain, she pointed out her neighbors — and their issues.This one has a heart problem. That one has advanced Parkinson’s disease. Another is more than 90 years old, and yet another is due…