Costco still plans to come to Colorado Springs, but a North Nevada Avenue store might be nearly two years away from opening. We have not signed a contract with them, but were still moving forward, Springs developer Kevin Kratt said this week.
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Arapahoe County Enacts Open Fire Ban
AURORA, Colo. — Arapahoe County is joining the long list of counties with fire bans by immediately enacting a ban on open fires and open burning. The ban means that no campfires will be allowed at Cherry Creek State Park, and no fires can be lit in designated fire pits.
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Coal Seam Fire
The devastating blaze started on June 8, 2002, when surface vegetation was ignited by a coal seam from an underground mine fire that had been burning for decades up South Canyon.
Source: www.glenwoodindependent.com