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Superior tries to reclaim sense of self after the Marshall fire, but the historic core may never be the same

by Elliott Wenzler 4:08 AM MST on Dec 28, 202210:28 AM MST on Dec 28, 2022

Flames destroyed the museum, personal heirlooms and historic homes, but residents and town leaders are refusing to let the loss define them

Posted inMarshall Fire

This Colorado scientist fled the Marshall fire, then returned to study how it happened

by Jennifer Oldham and ProPublica 6:03 PM MST on Dec 27, 20226:07 PM MST on Dec 27, 2022

In 2021, the devastating Marshall fire showed wildfire can strike Colorado in almost any place or season. Scientists now hope to glean lessons from it for communities across the West.

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A year after the Marshall fire, community is scattered as people try to move home or move on

by Jennifer Brown, Tamara Chuang, Olivia Prentzel and Tatiana Flowers 4:15 AM MST on Dec 27, 20225:47 PM MST on Dec 27, 2022

Fewer than 170 building permits have been issued for more than 1,000 burned homes. Empty lots are sitting for months on the market. Families are in limbo.

Posted inMarshall Fire

One year after the Marshall fire, housing advocates call for policy changes to help Colorado’s renters who survive a natural disaster

by Tatiana Flowers 3:02 AM MST on Dec 27, 20225:44 PM MST on Dec 27, 2022

Renters whose homes sustained smoke and ash damage found themselves illegally evicted or persuading landlords to clean their residences following the environmental damage

Posted inWildfire

One home destroyed, another damaged as fire crews work to contain wildfire west of Boulder

by Olivia Prentzel 10:41 AM MST on Dec 20, 20222:29 PM MST on Dec 20, 2022

The Sunshine Wildland fire started as a structure fire Monday afternoon

Posted inWildfire

Wind-fueled wildfire west of Mount Sanitas prompts evacuations in Boulder County

by Olivia Prentzel 3:15 PM MST on Dec 19, 202210:54 AM MST on Dec 20, 2022

The wildfire, which was reported Monday afternoon, started with a structure fire and is being fanned by wind gusts of 40 mph, the National Weather Service in Boulder says

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Should Jeffco’s forests be thinned? 25,000 acres of trees would like to know.

by Michael Booth and Olivia Prentzel 4:25 AM MDT on Sep 25, 20226:10 PM MDT on Sep 27, 2022

County leaders asked to approve the first plan in 34 years to handle a large swath of trees amid growth, fire danger and climate change.

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Thanks to rain, there have been far fewer Colorado wildfires in 2022. This fall could change that. 

by Olivia Prentzel 4:01 AM MDT on Sep 1, 20227:19 AM MDT on Sep 2, 2022

Above-average precipitation levels this summer helped reduce wildfire risk in many parts of the state, but a hot and dry fall could quickly change that, experts say

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A Colorado ranch lost 9,000 acres to a wildfire in April. So how does it look in August?

by Michael Booth 4:19 AM MDT on Aug 15, 20222:21 PM MST on Dec 14, 2022

LAMAR — Gazing north across the rangeland from the spot where a spring wildfire destroyed 9,000 acres of May Ranch pasture in a few hours, you can see scorched cottonwoods puncturing the horizon like black thumb tacks.  In April, after a year so dry the sage roots turned to powder, the wildfire flew on hurricane […]

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Colorado-based firefighter dies battling fire in Oregon

by The Colorado Sun 3:12 PM MDT on Aug 11, 202211:49 AM MDT on Aug 30, 2022

A Colorad0-based wildland firefighter died Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by a tree while battling a fire in Oregon. Collin Hagan, of Toivola, Michigan, was assigned to the Craig Interagency Hotshot Crew based out of Craig. He was fighting the Big Swamp fire in southwest Oregon at the time of his death. Hotshot firefighters […]

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