Monday Jun 17 | The Gazette
Amid shock of loss, hope and faith persist
Members of First Baptist Church on Black Forest Road pray Sunday, June 16, 2013 over church members who lost their homes in the Black Forest fire northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Monday Jun 17 | The Gazette
Alan Havens and other volunteers from the Kit Carson Riding Club get horses from the evaucated area of the Black Forest Fire.
Monday Jun 17 | The Gazette
Black Forest evacuees find cheer at Father's Day barbeque
Dimitar Georgiev, 11, gets ready for to have his photo taken with characters from the Art of Healing Black Forest Fire Entertainment Groups outside the Red Cross shelter at Palmer Ridge High School, Sunday, June 16, 2013.
Judy Scott of Black Forest, Colo., waits for an informational meeting for residents affected by the wildfire in Monument, Colo.
Black Forest Fire As See From SE Pre-Evac Perimeter
I first heard word of the fire raging in the Black Forest area as I was working my shift in the warehouse at Synthes in Monument, CO.
Colo. wildfire evacuees see destruction firsthand
Residents returning to the neighborhoods they were driven from just days ago by Colorado's most destructive wildfire ever are seeing firsthand the path of destruction left behind by the flames.
Black Forest fire subsides, some evacuees go home
The wildfire that forced thousands from their Black Forest homes was being tamed Saturday - generating good news for hundreds whose houses survived the most destructive blaze in Colorado history.
Photo: Dani Clopton, 14, visits with her kitten, Soldier,
Dani Clopton, 14, visits with her kitten, Soldier, at the American Red Cross shelter in Monument, Colo., for evacuees from the nearby Black Forest wildfire on Friday, June 14, 2013.
Black Forest fire: How to give and get help
Thousands of El Paso County residents remain displaced by the Black Forest fire, and hundreds of people are stepping up to help them.
Black Forest Fire Impacts Mail Delivery For Thousands
Fire danger will still be high today, but less than recent days. Gusty and erratic wind due to afternoon t-storms may cause issues for fire fighting efforts.
Black Forest Fire evacuees: How to get your mail
The spread of the Black Forest fire has impacted the mail delivery to more than 10,300 addresses for Friday, June 14. The Elbert Post Office has been evacuated.
Far-north Colorado Springs under mandatory evacuation
Though most of the Black Forest Fire has remained in El Paso County , it's begun to cross city lines.
Ex-parole chief Tim Hand says 211 Crew prison gang also targeted him, others
The parolee blamed for killing corrections chief Tom Clements was working from a hit list that also named parole director Tim Hand and two other corrections employees, Hand said Thursday.
June the month of WILDFIRES in CO, report from CO Springs
This morning the El Paso County Sheriff Maketa, , reported that 360 homes are now totally lost .
"People don't understand how serious it gets or how the winds change," said John Robertson, a 66-year-old former firefighter who left his Black Forest home in a mobile home after being put on pre-evacuation notice.
Fear, anxiety due to Colorado wildfires
That's how Morgan Pace felt as she drove past a large plume of smoke near her home in Monument, Colorado, which is about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs.
Live Updates: Evacuation area enlarged as Black Forest fire races...
A bomber flies through the smoke while fighting the wildland fire in Black Forest Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
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Here is the view from our deck. This is the Black Forest fire. Colorado Springs news show multiple structures in flames.
Fifth Grader Discovers Fossilized Bird In Shale
More of the same today, as temperatures will surge well into the 90s and low 100s.