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  • Black Forest Fire update as of 330 p.m.

    As of this afternoon, El Paso County just released preliminary home assessment information regarding the Black Forest Fire. • The fire is 85% contained• 509 homes lost• 28 homes damaged• 3,654 homes appear unaffected The cost of the fire is little more than 7 million dollars. The next El Paso County Sheriff Media Briefing is set for 9 a.m. ...

  • San Luis man sentenced to nine years for gun offense

    A man from San Luis will spend more than nine years in a federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Lawrence Rolland Theil is a previously convicted felon, barring him from owning a gun. Thiel pleaded guilty in February to the charge. According to court records, beginning on August 11, 2012, Thiel drove past a home at a high rate of speed and fired a small black pistol in the direction ...

  • Red Cross telethon scheduled for Thursday

    With tens of thousands of Colorado residents already affected by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history and more dry weather on the horizon, more people than ever need help. The Red Cross is one of the organizations working to get aid to those people. To help get funds the Red Cross is having a phone bank fundraiser from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday to support efforts to prepare ...

  • More homes evacuated after new Colorado wildfire

    June 18, 2013: Smoke rises as the Doce Fire burns near Prescott, Ariz. on Tuesday. County sheriff's officials say the wildfire began midday Tuesday near the Doce Pit about eight miles northwest of Prescott. Wind gusts of up to 22 mph pushed the fire from 20 acres to about 200 within an ...

  • Jeff Francis leaves Colorado Rockies to make room for Roy Oswalt

    Jeff Francis. (Frank Gunn, The Associated Press) TORONTO - Jeff Francis' locker was cleared out Wednesday, and his time with the Rockies could be over.Though a roster move will not be official until Thursday, Francis will not re-join the team in Washington. Colorado is expected to clear a roster spot for Roy Oswalt, who will start Thursday night's game.There is a possibility Francis ...

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The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

In reviewing Robert Redfords somber Oscar winner Ordinary People (1980), Pauline Kael theorized that, when popular actors turn to directing, they feel the need to choose material as a penance for the frivolous good times theyve given us. While no one would accuse Robert De ... ...

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  • Chair Rock Fire in JeffCo causes evacs

    JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. - A wildfire is burning in Jefferson County, prompting immediate evacuations for residents within a 3-mile radius of the intersection of South Foxton Road and Platte River Road.The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is calling the fire the Chair Rock Fire and said the safest evacuation routes are along County Road 126 or Foxton Road.Officials said 410 phones were ...

  • New wildfire breaks out in Jefferson County

    The Chair Rock Fire in Jefferson County has prompted a level-3 evacuation for residents in a three-mile radius of South Foxton and River roads in Jefferson County. The JeffCo Sheriff's Office received multiple reports of heavy smoke in the area Wednesday afternoon. Air support was dispatched and call out for type-3 and type-6 engines from all JeffCo fire districts was issued. A level-3 ...

  • Red Cross closes evacuation center

    The American Red Cross will closed its shelter at Palmer Ridge High School in Monument Wednesday at noon. Red Cross caseworkers, health workers and mental health experts will continue to provide people affected by the Black Forest fire with resources, emotional comfort, health services and recovery assistance at four fixed locations. Tuesday night, 5 evacuated individuals stayed overnight at ...

  • As wildfires rage feds cut funding on prevention

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place.A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western ...

  • Turkish ambassador Protests democracy in action

    Turkish protesters have bemoaned what they say is the gradual erosion of freedoms and secular values. More than 7,500 people have been injured and at least four people have been killed as police tried to quell the ...

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