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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Residents help improve local park
What does success look like in Mountain Shadows? For the Colorado Springs Housing and Building Association, which has heavily monitored the rebuilding of the neighborhood after the Waldo Canyon fire, success looks like reaching 88 building permits this month, and the completion of three new homes. But for residents who attended Wednesday’s Mountain Shadows Park…
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Waldo Canyon fire fund makes final disbursements
The hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to a fund established in the wake of the Waldo Canyon fire has all been disbursed, with the last distribution of about $125,000 going to two nonprofits for flood mitigation work.In the six months since the fire erupted on June 23, the Waldo Canyon Fire Assistance Fund handed…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Homeowners want help with insurance
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than six months after the Waldo Canyon fire, what began as homeowners’ disjointed struggles with insurance companies has become a large group of justice-driven residents who are appealing for political help under the auspices…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Homeowners want help with insurance
More than six months after the Waldo Canyon fire, what began as homeowners’ disjointed struggles with insurance companies has become a large group of justice-driven residents who are appealing for political help under the auspices of a new group. On Saturday morning, nearly 30 people gathered at Colorado Springs Fire Station 18 to share their…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: First rebuilt home begins to take shape
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of people pledged to quickly rebuild after the Waldo Canyon fire raced over a ridge in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood on June 26 and destroyed 346 homes. But thus far, just a few have…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Forest Service has no date for releasing cause
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Forest Service said Friday afternoon that a date has not been set for the release of information about the cause of the Waldo Canyon fire. Reports on Thursday of a Sept. 12 news…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: First rebuilt home begins to take shape
Hundreds of people pledged to quickly rebuild after the Waldo Canyon fire raced over a ridge in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood on June 26 and destroyed 346 homes. But thus far, just a few have been able to start building. As of Thursday, four homeowners had been granted permits to rebuild, according to records from…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Forest Service has no date for releasing cause
The U.S. Forest Service said Friday afternoon that a date has not been set for the release of information about the cause of the Waldo Canyon fire. Reports on Thursday of a Sept. 12 news conference in Colorado Springs were erroneous, said Forest Service spokesman Dan Steinke. The Forest Service is merely one part of…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Disabled people faced unique issues during fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dealing with a massive wildfire in one’s backyard is hard enough when you can hear, see and walk. When you’re in a wheelchair or visually- or hearing-impaired, the challenge is Herculean. People with disabilities made…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Family delighted with HGTV remake of home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the Dougherty family left its home on Sunday, there were windows blown out by the heat of the Waldo Canyon fire, blackened trees nearby and unknown water damage hiding behind the walls. By Thursday,…