August 2, 2012

WATCH LIVE: Mitt Romney to speak in Jefferson County, Colorado

For the first time in almost six months, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney visits the Denver metro-area Thursday morning, speaking at a rally on the Jefferson County Fair Grounds.

We are live streaming from the event, where Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to speak momentarily.

June 2, 2012

Blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer takes on kayaking 

Erik Weihenmayer, who is best known as the first and only blind man to reach the summit of Mount Everest has a goal… Kayaking the Grand Canyon. Weihenmayer, with friend and guide Rob Raker and instructor Chris Wiegand take to the river at the Clear Creek Whitewater Park in Golden. 

March 23, 2011
Animal evacuees flee Indian Gulch Fire

Volunteers can be the key to saving animals that might otherwise have nowhere else to go in the face of a wildfire that forces evacuations. As the Indian Gulch Fire rages near Golden, Colo., animals forced to evacuate are being taken in by the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. (Video by Lyn Alweis, The Denver Post)

When the Four Mile Canyon Fire threatened Boulder, Colo., and later the Boulder Dome Fire, animals were taken in by volunteers, fairgrounds, pet stores and more.

Once the Four Mile Canyon Fire was under control, Sizzle the Cat was found huddled under a rock inside the burn zone (photos), alive but burned and with his whiskers singed off by the fire. It took a few days, but Morgan (Sizzle was a nickname given by care providers after the fire) was reunited with owner Lori Church.

John Davidson’s Fetch blog offered some advice on how to help displaced pets during the blaze in September, 2010. Keep it in mind if you’re willing to help with evacuated animals during future wildfires.

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