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• Most counties in Colorado eligible for disaster relief

  July 4, 2012 7:28 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says 62 of Colorado's 64 counties qualify for federal disaster relief due to drought conditions. Gov. John Hickenlooper says Vilsack notified him Tuesday that he was designating all of the state's counties, except Delta and San Juan counties, as primary disaster areas. The... more »

• Colorado sends helicopter to Nebraska floods

  June 9, 2011 5:47 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado is sending an Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter with a crew of three to support flood relief operations in Nebraska. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order allowing the deployment at the request of Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman. The soldiers will support sandbagging... more »

• FEMA asks for relief money back

  June 1, 2011 6:01 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nearly six years after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans in misery, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is reminding storm victims why they cursed the agency for its sluggish response to the disaster. As a new hurricane season begins Wednesday, FEMA is working on a long-delayed... more »

• Conn. to help inmates pare child-support bills

  May 1, 2011 1:31 PM

  ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Authorities in Connecticut are taking steps to help prison inmates cope with a problem that affects them and inmates around the nation: child-support debts that mount while they're behind bars. The state's Judicial Branch says 36 percent of its open child-support cases involve more than... more »

• Otero County gets disaster designation

  August 24, 2010 2:02 PM

  Gov. Bill Ritter announced Tuesday that Otero and Montrose counties have been designated primary federal disaster areas due to severe frost, freezing temperatures, and high winds that caused significant damage to melon and cherry crops. Ten other counties were designated contiguous disaster areas. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack approved the disaster... more »

• Testing almost finished on BP top kill

  August 13, 2010 8:11 AM

  Sometime later today, officials are expected to deliver the verdict on whether BP's problem oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is permanently plugged. Test results will determine if the BP gusher has been sealed well enough to declare the operation complete. National Incident Commander Thad Allen says the... more »

• Weather a worry for drilling effort

  August 10, 2010 11:56 AM

  As crews try to finish up the work that they hope will seal a blown-out oil well for good, they're keeping an eye on the weather in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters say a cluster of thunderstorms in the eastern Gulf could pass near the oil spill site. The... more »

• Cement plug has hardened; relief well to be completed

  August 9, 2010 8:41 AM

  BP may have the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico permanently sealed this week. Engineers plan to intersect the damaged well with a relief well that they're still drilling - 20 to 30 feet at a time. Then they'll be able to pump mud and cement into... more »

• Frustrations await Bush, Clinton visit to Haiti

  March 22, 2010 11:16 AM

  Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are due in Haiti today, as they spearhead U.S. fundraising efforts in response to the January quake. And some Haitians are hoping to make their frustrations heard. A resident of the Bel Air slum says he wants the former presidents to know that... more »

• Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase

  February 10, 2010 10:03 AM

  Diarrheal illnesses, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition are beginning to claim the lives of dozens of Haiti's earthquake victims. Health officials fearful of contagious disease outbreak are rushing to vaccinate more than half a million children against measles, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. Some 300,000 people are injured. And the... more »

• Simon hopes his song beats 'We Are the World'

  February 6, 2010 10:50 AM

  Not even a good cause can quell Simon Cowell's competitive drive. The "American Idol" judge and music exec recently coordinated an all-star single to benefit Haitian earthquake victims. Now he's ready to take on his next challenge: ensuring that his production of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts," featuring Susan Boyle, Mariah Carey,... more »

• Haiti charges U.S. church members with kidnapping

  February 4, 2010 3:40 PM

  A group of U.S. missionaries in Haiti was charged Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association for allegedly trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country. After announcing the charges, Haitian Deputy Prosecutor Jean Ferge Joseph told the 10 Americans their case was being sent to an... more »

• Haiti from eyes of local relief workers

  January 29, 2010 12:27 AM

  Each day gets a little better, but the scope of the devastation in Haiti remains too massive to describe. That's the word from a local doctor and a missionary who have joined the ongoing relief efforts there. Dr. Tiffany Willard and a team of surgeons from Memorial Hospital are... more »

• Pueblo nurse returns from rescue work in Haiti

  January 25, 2010 8:14 PM

  He was among the first medical volunteers on the ground, and today a Pueblo nurse is back home and getting some much deserved rest. Eric Miller works in the intensive care unit at Saint Mary Corwin Hospital. He is one of several volunteers the hospital has sent to join... more »

• A different experience on the ground

  January 24, 2010 8:46 PM

  The McGintys just got back from Haiti on Friday, and the work isn't done. They're trying to help others go to the island now, but when they got the opportunity to help from Cloud of Fire Haiti, they were ready to go. "Ryan said I want to go. If... more »

• Puebloan will help coordinate relief efforts in Haiti

  January 22, 2010 2:33 PM

  A Pueblo man who's an expert in digital mapping and analyzing satellite images will be lending his expertise to help the relief effort in Haiti. Chris Markuson, the Geographic Information Systems Director for Pueblo County, will volunteer for two weeks at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Markuson was... more »

• Social networking finding more of a place during tragedy

  January 22, 2010 12:47 AM

  These days information moves quickly, and there's a demand for it from Haiti. Compassion International has been really focusing on internet social networking during one of the first major disasters since the popularity of many major sites' has really boomed. It's proving to be a good way to get... more »

• Colorado lawmaker wants to send unused medicine to Haiti

  January 21, 2010 3:44 PM

  A state lawmaker wants to send unused medications to Haiti. Sen. Lois Tochtrop said Thursday that the bill would help overwhelmed medical clinics in Haiti but would also help keep medications out of the state's water supply. Her proposal would make it easier for nursing homes and hospitals... more »

• Rocky Ford company donates water purifiers to Haiti

  January 18, 2010 8:05 PM

  People in Haiti are running out of many supplies including perhaps the most essential, clean drinking water. But some relief will arrive tomorrow from Colorado. A company in Rocky Ford is sending more than a dozen water purifiers to the island nation. Innovative Water Technologies says its goal is to... more »

• Local group and Haitian natives send help

  January 16, 2010 12:25 AM

  Gestin Delva packs boxes quickly. He knows it doesn't save very much time, but he also knows there isn't a lot of time to waste. "Anything that you have can help the country now, anything that you have," Delva says. Delva came to America from Haiti a year... more »

• Pueblo surgeon will lend aide in Haiti

  January 13, 2010 6:49 PM

  A surgeon from Pueblo is headed to Haiti this weekend. He was already scheduled to be there next week but, in the wake of the deadly earthquake he's ready to lend his services to the relief effort. "I think Port au Prince is going to be unrecognizable," said Dr. James... more »

• Inhaler provides fast, powerful migraine relief

  October 29, 2009 9:59 AM

  Shuly Edwards loves hanging out with her daughters. But frequent debilitating migraines quickly turned play into pain. "It's like you were hit by a truck. It's like you can't physically do it. You can't get past that pulsating feeling, this heaviness in your head, this throbbing, shooting pain... more »

• Watchdog doubts goals of Obama loan relief plan

  October 9, 2009 9:14 AM

  A government watchdog says the Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping up to 4 million borrowers and may not be enough to dampen the impact of the foreclosure crisis on the economy. The Congressional Oversight Panel report says the program is... more »

• Mortgage relief plan hits goal early

  October 8, 2009 10:15 AM

  The government's mortgage relief program has hit its goal of helping 500,000 borrowers, almost a month ahead of schedule. The government in July gave the lending industry a Nov. 1 deadline to meet that goal for the $50 billion program, which is designed to reduce foreclosures by lowering borrowers' monthly... more »

• Military searches for bodies, brings aid to Samoas

  October 2, 2009 12:19 PM

  Samoa's police commissioner says bodies are still being plucked from the sea and dug out of sand, mud and debris, as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake and tsunami rose to 169 today. Authorities have confirmed 129 dead in Somoa. Another 31 were killed in the U.S. territory of American... more »

• Storms help, but don't end Texas drought

  September 18, 2009 12:29 PM

  Recent storms in Texas brought some long-awaited relief to the nation's most drought-stricken state, but the brutal dry spell is far from over as it drags into its third year. About 16 percent of the state - all in the southern and central parts of Texas - is classified... more »