Waldo Canyon Fire (2012)

Deficit prompts changes at Girl Scouts' Sky High Ranch

2013-05-17 06:44:02

With a budget deficit of more than $600,000 stalking the Girl Scouts of Colorado, summer programs at Sky High Ranch north of Woodland Park have changed. Girl Scouts spokeswoman Rachelle Trujillo said camping programs for individual scouts have been...

Killing at Colorado Springs biker clubhouse leads to 21-year sentence

2013-05-17 00:00:00

An Iraq War veteran-turned-motorcycle gang enforcer was sentenced Thursday to 21 years in prison in the slaying of an unarmed man who died in a hail of gunfire outside an outlaw motorcycle gang's Colorado Springs clubhouse. Christopher Mountjoy, a...

Burglars who hit home evacuated by wildfire get lengthy prison terms

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Two burglars who gained notoriety after their arrests on suspicion of looting the home of a pair of Waldo Canyon fire evacuees were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Wednesday. Shane Erik Garrett was sentenced to 48 years in prison, and Belinda...

Prince Harry's visit puts global attention on Colorado Springs

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Britain's Prince Harry left Colorado Springs Sunday, but plenty of his friends and admirers stuck around to take in the sights and fun the area has to offer. And more could follow in the wake of worldwide exposure that came with the royal visit to the...

Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia tells Pikes Peak Community College grads 'Call your mother'

2013-05-12 00:00:00

For the first time in seven years, Lt. Governor Joseph Garcia had a homecoming of sorts at Pikes Peak Community College. But it was also a farewell to a few hundred graduates. Garcia, who was president of the college from 2001 to 2006, delivered...

Rain doesn't quell wildfire concern in Pikes Peak region

2013-05-11 00:00:00

It takes more than three days of rain to quell serious fire danger in El Paso County. And that was the crux of the U.S. Forest Service wildfire update for the Pikes Peak region, given by Regional Fire Operations Specialist Scott Sugg at the Monument...

SIDE STREETS: Honored and humbled to be part of Waldo Canyon museum exhibit

2013-04-29 12:44:01

Last week, I was humbled by an email I received. It came from Leah Davis Witherow, the curator of history at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. The museum is putting together an exhibit on the Waldo Canyon fire to correspond with the one-year...

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Barry Noreen column

2013-04-28 12:54:03

In the wake of the Waldo Canyon fire many are worried that heavy rains on the burn scar could result in serious flooding on the west side, especially in Pleasant Valley downstream of Garden of the Gods. Included on a list of proposed flood mitigation...

Q&A: BBB's departing CEO will miss the people the most

2013-04-28 12:54:03

Carol Odell, CEO and executive director of the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado, retires on Friday, ending a more than 20-year career with the BBB. Odell started at the BBB in March 1992, serving as the director of member services, and was...

Nearly half of 2012 aerial firefighting tanker requests went unfilled

2013-04-28 12:54:03

Forty-eight percent of the time that firefighters asked for air tanker support in their fight against wildfires across the United States last year, they didn't come. Those numbers included requests for the 11 large aerial tankers -- and this year...

C-130 wing prepares for wildfire season

2013-04-24 05:04:02

The C-130 firefighting unit at Peterson Air Force Base that dropped thousands of gallons of retardant ahead of the Waldo Canyon fire is training for the impending wildfire season while discussions center on how to allow its crews to respond faster to...

Hot enough for you?

2013-01-11 10:28:00

WASHINGTON -- All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-keeping began? Apparently not. The climate change denialists --...

Homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire are seen from the air in a neighborhood on June 30, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The massive fire, which has eased with the help of cooler temperatures and lighter winds, has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced more than 35,000 people to flee.

2012-07-16 00:00:00

THE WALDO CANYON FIRE tore a path of destruction through a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colo. More people live closer to lands that are vulnerable to wildfires, meaning higher damage totals.

2012-07-01 00:00:00

The charred mountainside above Mountain Shadows in Colorado Springs, Colorado looms over charred homes and homes that were spared.

2012-07-01 00:00:00