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Fatal Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Hockey Game

By Karen SchwartzJun 23rd 2010 – 5:22PM

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (June 23) -- Two hockey players have died and two other people are hospitalized from an outbreak of a particularly virulent strain of meningitis. Health officials said today they have traced the bacteria to a death in Denver in April. Officials are speculating that players at the end of a June 9...

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Hewlett Fire: Wildfire Burning Northwest Of Fort Collins In Poudre Canyon Grows Five Times Its Size Overnight

By Matt Ferner May 17th 2012 - 10:09AM

The Hewlett Gulch wildfire burning in Poudre Canyon, northwest of Fort Collins, has grown more than five times its size overnight -- expanding from 982 acres on Wednesday to 5,090 acres on Thursday morning.

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Zero Containment In Wildfire North Of Fort Collins

By Matt.Ferner@huffingtonpost.com(Matt Ferner) May 15th 2012 - 08:53AM

Crews fighting a wildfire in northern Colorado are worried that dry, windy weather will hamper their attempts to bring the blaze under control.

Fort Collins News From the Web

  • 05/27/12 Winning the jobs war Source: The Coloradoan - Fort Collins CO There are macro-economic issues affecting our area that are completely beyond our control.
  • 05/27/12 Regardless of size, Fort Collins breweries are good... Source: The Coloradoan - Fort Collins CO This month writer and radio talk show host David Sirota published a column in Salon titled Can Beer Save America?
  • 05/17/12 Hewlett Fire: Wildfire Burning Northwest Of Fort... Source: The Huffington Post The Hewlett Gulch wildfire burning in Poudre Canyon, northwest of Fort Collins, has grown more than five times its size overnight -- expanding from 982 acres on Wednesday to 5,090 acres on Thursday morning.
  • 05/15/12 Zero Containment In Wildfire North Of Fort Collins Source: The Huffington Post - Local Crews fighting a wildfire in northern Colorado are worried that dry, windy weather will hamper their attempts to bring the blaze under control.

Background on Fort Collins

Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States.

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