Tag: Marshall
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Can Colorado keep from becoming California? | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An old Eagles song from the 70s, “The Last Resort,” saw this day coming: “They call it paradise I don’t know why You call someplace paradise Kiss it goodbye.” It’s a song about how California was bound to eventually lose its luster as one of…
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Governor’s Corporate Citizenship Medal: Ball Corp. steps up for Marshall fire victims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the Marshall fire ripped through Boulder county, taking out homes and businesses near Broomfield, Ball Corp. stepped up in a big way with money and volunteers. Based in Broomfield, the company is perhaps most famous for its name on one of Denver’s top three…
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Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal honors state community leaders, volunteers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis Thursday kept tradition alive by recognizing six outstanding Colorado citizens whose leadership skills have improved their communities. The Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal has been awarded to leaders across the state since 2015. It honors six leaders each year who have uniquely served…
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Dangerous legacy: Tens of thousands of Coloradans live near one of the state’s many underground coal-mine fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The veins of mining run deep in Superior, a Colorado community founded on coal and recently redefined by fire. For generations residents needed only to go a few miles west during winter to see plumes of steam and smoke rising from fissures in the Earth,…
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Marshall Fire: Victims face the agony of a long recovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is the first of an occasional series to tell the story of the recovery from the Dec. 30, 2021 Marshall Fire through the eyes of its victims. Andrey and Elena Grachev of Louisville celebrated the 18th anniversary — literally the day — of moving into their…