High Park Fire — Day 19
First, the good news. The High Park fire stayed at 87,284 acres, which means the fire stayed relatively tame today. Containment is estimated at 75 percent and the estimated containment date has been moved up […]
Year: 2012
Some good advice for restarting your well water after the High Park Fire
Two years ago the staff of GNC Water Well watched as the homes of Boulder customers burned during the Fourmile Canyon fire. Now we watch as our High Park customers lose their homes. There are […]
Council enacts open fire ban within Fort Collins city limits
Because of very dry conditions and high fire danger, on June 26, the Fort Collins City Council approved an open fire ban as part of emergency fire restrictions. These restrictions apply to open flames and […]
New communications company comes calling in Red Feather Lakes
CenturyLink may get some competition from a Loveland-based startup if the company can obtain a grant from the federal government to help pay system infrastructure costs. Eugene Bynes of Denver is partnering with Fort Collins […]
High Park Fire: Two fires too much for Hewlett residents
For residents of the Hewlett Gulch subdivision, two major forest fires in a month have proven a bit stressful – living for weeks on adrenaline overload, with no end in sight. Their story may pale […]
Majority of Glacier View and CR 74E reopened today
High Park Fire officials have announced the reopening of Red Feather Lakes Road (CR 74E) at 5 p.m. today. All of the Glacier View subdivisions except the 12th Filing will be reopened to residents. This […]
High Park Fire — Day 18
The High Park Fire is now the most destructive fire in Colorado history, having burned 257 homes — almost twice as many as the Fourmile Canyon Fire in Boulder in 2010. High Park Fire is […]
High Park Fire: There is no way to fully prepare for a natural disaster of this magnitude
June 23 — The first version of this story was written when my family was under High Park Fire pre-evacuation orders. Pre-evac in Glacier View Meadows meant all of your most important belongings were packed […]
Letter: Save the trees
Some call it the jewel of Northern Colorado, referring to reservoir No. 4, about one mile northwest of Wellington. The pristine lake, sometimes called Lake Wellington, is lined with magnificent, 100-year-old cottonwoods trees that have […]
Letter: Show me the speed, CenturyLink
In the June 2012 issue of the North Forty News (Fort Collins & Larimer County) there was an article titled, “CenturyLink says faster broadband now available in Red Feather Lakes Village.” by Kate Hawthorne. In […]