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Community meeting Thursday to discuss flash flood danger near Waldo Canyon fire burn scar
The public is invited to a meeting Thursday about the Waldo Canyon fire burn scar recovery efforts and information on how officials respond to flash floods, Colorado Springs city officials said. The meeting will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Chipeta Elementary School, 2340 Ramsgate Terrace. The meeting includes: – A breakdown of recovery…
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Man who burglarized Colorado Springs home during Waldo Canyon fire gets stiff prison sentence
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Graylon Thomas said he has changed dramatically since he was 19 and burglarized a Colorado Springs home during the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire. He’s a father of 3-year-old twins, has a job, and takes care…
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Man who burglarized Colorado Springs home during Waldo Canyon fire gets stiff prison sentence
Graylon Thomas said he has changed dramatically since he was 19 and burglarized a Colorado Springs home during the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire. He’s a father of 3-year-old twins, has a job, and takes care of his family, he told 4th Judicial District Judge Linda Billings-Vela during his sentencing Friday. “I apologize for my actions…
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Volunteers plant trees in place ravaged by Waldo Canyon fire
When the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire finished raging through her neighborhood, Denise Peacock returned with a camera. “What I took pictures of,” she said, “were of the things that survived. Like flowers that were still growing out of the rubble and the ashes. “It gave me hope, you know, that things can make it back…
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Colorado College student explores aftermath of Waldo Canyon fire in new play
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The summer before James Dinneen started his freshman year at Colorado College the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire devoured a forest and 347 homes in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. What happened in the fire’s aftermath is…
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Colorado College student explores aftermath of Waldo Canyon fire in new play
The summer before James Dinneen started his freshman year at Colorado College the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire devoured a forest and 347 homes in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. What happened in the fire’s aftermath is the basis of the junior’s play “Allison After a Fire.” It runs Thursday and Friday in Taylor Theater at CC.…
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Researchers who studied Waldo Canyon fire say new firefighting approach needed
The American West needs a new kind of firefighter that fights fires that aren’t only wild or urban, but burn in the space between. This was the main finding from a group of researchers who studied the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado’s second most destructive wildfire and one that has come to epitomize the transformation…
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Church on the Ranch finds new home 3 years after Waldo Canyon fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After more than three years of itinerant status, the Church on the Ranch has found a new home, although not on Flying W Ranch. Started in May 2008, the church called the beloved Flying W…
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Church on the Ranch finds new home 3 years after Waldo Canyon fire
After more than three years of itinerant status, the Church on the Ranch has found a new home, although not on Flying W Ranch. Started in May 2008, the church called the beloved Flying W Ranch home until June 2012, when the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed the ranch. Since then, the church met for a…
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Side Streets: Waldo Canyon fire anniversary doubly sad as vandals destroy memorial children’s bench
Three years ago today, the Waldo Canyon fire exploded down the Front Range into Mountain Shadows, killing two, destroying 346 homes and causing $453.7 million in losses. But instead of simply observing the sad anniversary, some are mourning the recent vandalism of a memorial bench placed in Mountain Shadows Park in November to honor the…