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A darkened landscapenew

Decreased property values won't help local governments facing fire-related expenses.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
07-16-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: FEMA, Waldo Canyon Fire
Choking on the ashesnew

As the Waldo Canyon Fire dies out, west-side and Ute Pass businesses struggle to stay alive.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck, Chet Hardin, Debbie Kelley, Achille Ngoma and J. Adrian Stanley |
07-16-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Freedom by Bondagenew

Colorado Springs teems with kink that cares.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
07-12-2012 |
Sex
Hit from both sidesnew

One Colorado Springs doctor talks about going from helper to victim and back again.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Signs in the cindersnew

A professional explains how wildfire investigation is done.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
The things we left behindnew

Amid the confusion of sudden evacuation, a certain kind of clarity sometimes emerges.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman, Kirsten Akens, Bryce Crawford, Chet Hardin, Wyatt Miller, Achille Ngoma, Matthew Schniper and J. Adrian Stanley |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Inside the Nightmarenew

Dispatches from firefighters and officials create a haunting account of how the Waldo Canyon Fire happened.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire Slideshownew

Images of fire and hope.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Staff |
07-02-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire, Waldo Fire
Waldo Canyon Fire Rages Onnew

Follow the latest coverage at the Colorado Springs Independent.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
06-28-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
The art of the evacnew
Manitou Springs mayor says three ‘trigger points’ will stay intact.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
06-27-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
New Christian coalitionnew

Evangelicals come together in the name of immigration reform, regardless of other political leanings.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
06-21-2012 |
Immigration
Prelude to a Salenew

Before news of an ownership change, Gazette pulls back on sponsorships after years of supporting groups, events.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
06-14-2012 |
Media
Reporter Asked to Remove Facebook Post About Sale of Newspapernew

In an unintentionally ironic move (coming from a company that, for the next three weeks, still calls itself Freedom Communications) Carmen Boles, content director for the Colorado Springs Gazette, told Barrett Tryon to "remove [a Facebook link to an L.A. Times story] per our social media policy which you signed upon employment."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-13-2012 |
Media
More than a feelingnew

Whenever civil unions are passed, gay people will enjoy real change -- but not yet.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
05-17-2012 |
LGBT
The Squeeze Is Onnew

A state flub hurts an already reeling medical marijuana industry.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
05-08-2012 |
Drugs