Colorado Residents Welcome Disaster Relief Legislation
Record flooding last fall washed away Sal Coppolecchia's home in Lyons, forcing him to cut back on expenses as he figures out how to rebuild.
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Record flooding last fall washed away Sal Coppolecchia's home in Lyons, forcing him to cut back on expenses as he figures out how to rebuild.
Colorado's Front Range saw its first round of severe weather this season on Wednesday, and some people living in the areas clobbered by last year's flooding are getting nervous.
Hope is washing away for Colorado homeowners who lost homes to recent floods and wildfires.
Rising temperatures will speed up the runoff and raise the flood risk and one meteorologist says there's reason to be concerned.
Closures are being put in place for Highway 36 from Lyons to Estes Park to repair damage from last fall's devastating flooding.
Near hurricane force wind gusts have been hammering eastern Colorado on Tuesday, all part of a large, slow-moving storm system in the central United States.
Parks and trails devastated by last fall's record flooding are getting a second chance thanks to a $13 million grant. More than a dozen projects are benefiting from the funding.
Highway officials are planning to close U.S. Highway 36 west of Pinewood Springs near Estes Park on Wednesday as part of a flood reconstruction project.
Thousands of Coloradans could face major cost increases for their flood insurance, just as many are trying to decide whether to rebuild or move on after the devastating September flooding.
Six months after the floods, thieves and vandals are targeting homes in Lyons so damaged the owners can't return.
Inside the town of Lyons during last September's historic flooding were a group of leaders who were prepared.
State and federal highway officials plan to close U.S. Highway 36 west of Pinewood Springs near Estes Park on Monday for blasting, which is part of a flood reconstruction project.
Police in Lyons now have the woman they think was behind a robbery at the St. Vrain Pharmacy.
Police in Lyons would like the public's help identifying a suspect in a pharmacy robbery.
A blasting project that dumped huge boulders on U.S. Highway 36 between Lyons and Pinewood Springs closed the highway Monday and Tuesday but they've been cleared and it's now back open.
The Colorado Department of Transportation is making lots of repairs and strengthening roads on Highway 36 in order to protect them from future flooding.
The Colorado Department of Transportation will be making its last pick up of debris from last fall's flooding in northern Colorado over the next two weeks.
All the snow this winter is good news for Colorado's water supply, but the spring melt could be devastating for some already flood-ravaged communities.
In the coming weeks, state lawmakers will discuss legislation that aims to provide a measure of help for the longtime Lyons resident and hundreds of others in similar situations across northern Colorado.
Some residents and business owners in Lyons are about to get a big surprise in their mailboxes.
The federal government will provide$62.8 million to help individuals and communities rebuilding from flooding in northeastern Colorado.
Lyons Elementary School was able to open its doors to students for the first time since the September Floods Monday morning.
The last highway closed in Colorado after September's historic floods is back open.
One of the last major highways closed by the September floods is back open.
The flood-damaged highway in Coal Creek Canyon northwest of Denver is now open.
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A funeral home owner who stashed decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Colorado corpse abuse charges.
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