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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fire department’s role has evolved dramatically since Benjamin Franklin helped establish the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia in 1736. Firefighters still fight fires, but the modern forces they battle day to day tend to…

A fire department’s role has evolved dramatically since Benjamin Franklin helped establish the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia in 1736. Firefighters still fight fires, but the modern forces they battle day to day tend to be more fundamental than elemental. “I think we are continually becoming more community focused and trying to deliver the service…

Nineteen-year-old McKaylynn Sporcich awoke last Easter from a medically-induced coma, recovering after she took tainted drugs while trying to purchase heroin on the streets. A year later, she said she feels she’s had a second chance at life: She just got a job at Chick-fil-A and is making plans to go to college. Instead of…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mackenzie Garcia realized at a young age that she prefers to give rather than to receive. “You feel it in a different spot in your heart, when you give,” she said. “It feels really good.”…

Mackenzie Garcia realized at a young age that she prefers to give rather than to receive. “You feel it in a different spot in your heart, when you give,” she said. “It feels really good.” For her kindness and generosity in helping children who are displaced from their homes for reasons that include foster care,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save James Schofield was about to leave for Cuba to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma when he heard that another hurricane – Maria – was headed toward the Caribbean. “I went to Cuba, came…

James Schofield was about to leave for Cuba to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Irma when he heard that another hurricane – Maria – was headed toward the Caribbean. “I went to Cuba, came home, and started making plans to get to Puerto Rico to take a look at what Maria left,” he said.…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not every member of the Colorado Springs Police Department’s K-9 unit started as a dog person. But they are now. The specialized unit’s 17 officers spend more time with their four-legged partners than with their families, forming a unique and fluid relationship that aids in…

Not every member of the Colorado Springs Police Department’s K-9 unit started as a dog person. But they are now. The specialized unit’s 17 officers spend more time with their four-legged partners than with their families, forming a unique and fluid relationship that aids in drug busts, searches and seizures, chases, traffic stops and serving…