Tag: Idaho
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Idaho Takes Lead in U.S. Wildfire Resilience by Adopting OroraTech Satellite-Based Detection …
New technology delivers real-time intelligence to help firefighters protect lives and property from wildfire BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Idaho Department of Lands has partnered with OroraTech USA to become the first in the nation to deploy a statewide satellite-based wildfire detection and monitoring system, giving dispatch centers and firefighters a…
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Discovery continues in Idaho Springs dog breeder murder case
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Clear Creek County prosecutors are still awaiting evidence in the case regarding the murder of a prestigious dog breeder. Sergio Ferrer — the 36-year-old Idaho Springs man charged with shooting and killing 57-year-old Paul Peavey — appeared in court virtually Monday morning with a shaved head and…
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Geothermal power showcased at Western Governors Association meet in Boulder
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The “Heat Beneath Our Feet” is a potential source of carbon-free energy according to Gov. Jared Polis. Polis, the 2022 Chair of the Western Governors’ Association. He chose geothermal energy as the focus of his year-long tenure at the organization. The incoming Chair of the organization is Gov. Mark Gordon of Wyoming. The WGA annual…
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Shipley Do-Nuts looks to expand in metro Denver
Meisternutscq, a Utah-based franchisee that already operates a portfolio of burger and chicken restaurants, says it plans to add 16 Shipley locations in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas over the next several years. Meisternuts has acquired two Shipley locations that were opened in recent years by other franchisees in Aurora, outside of Denver, and…
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Outdated? Marshall fire area mitigation plans more than a decade old
The wildfire mitigation plan for the area where the Marshall fire ripped across a suburban landscape on Thursday hadn’t been updated since 2010, predating heavy population growth in the area. The plan, managed by the Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District, includes evacuation routes for the area, the designation of subdivisions in hazardous locations and places where…
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SCL Health merging with system based in Salt Lake City
Broomfield-based SCL Health, a major provider of health care in Colorado, Montana and Kansas, announced Thursday it intends to merge with Intermountain Healthcare. If approved by regulators, the merger of the two nonprofit integrated hospital networks would create a 33-hospital system with more than 58,000 caregivers and run 385 clinics across six states, including the…
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Colorado Springs contracting firm sold to California contracting giant
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GE Johnson Construction Co., a longtime Colorado Springs business whose recent high-profile projects include the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center and downtown’s Weidner Field, has agreed to be sold to a California company. DPR Construction, ranked in May as…
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Colorado wildfires threaten new homes in high-risk areas with out-of-date protection plans
Fire chief Jay Teague discusses the wildfire preventative measures for the Four Mile Fire Protection District. (Video by Skyler Ballard and Katie Klann) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS | Wildfire prevention with Four Mile Fire Protection District”, “description”: “Fire chief Jay Teague discusses the wildfire preventative measures for the Four Mile Fire Protection…