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Photo from Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons On Wednesday, May 26, Summit County hosted a virtual town hall that focused on wildfire management practices. “We know that wildfire is top of mind,” Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence said. “It certainly is for us at the county, and I assure you it is for all of our local agencies, as well. Just in terms of the historic drought we’re dealing with, the super dry soil, it’s more than just a drought at this point. It’s only springtime, and we’re in drought conditions already.” During the town hall, experts from the U.S. Forest Servi...

Tonight Rain or snow showers this evening will give way to clearing overnight. Low 29F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 40%. Updated: March 26, 2021 @ 12:38 pm The Gazette file A worker at the Cliff House tries to help a man move his van out of the flash-flood zone in Manitou Springs in September 2013. the Gazette file The Gazette file Andrew Dunlap and his father, Dave Dunlap, in truck, watch from Black Forest Road as the fire burns behind their house in June 2013. the Gazette file

El Paso County’s two biggest hazards are floods and wildfires, according to a new countywide disaster plan approved Tuesday. The risk for both flooding and wildfires ranked “high” in the nearly 550-page Pikes Peak Regional Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, compiled over the last year by emergency managers with the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management and approved unanimously by El Paso County commissioners. The plan updates and consolidates the 2015 El Paso County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and the 2016 City of Colorado Springs Hazard Mitigation Plan to includ...