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Senior Reporter @koaa | Made a documentary | Produced a podcast | Emmy winner | Prev @News3LV | Tips 📧 brett.forrest@koaa.com | Alum @columbiajourn @CUBoulder
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Did Boulder beat Cañon City for the University of Colorado? Historians say it's a myth

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By Brett Forrest Verified
| KOAA-TV (Pueblo, CO) Verified
CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KOAA) — For many students and alumni of CU Boulder, they might have heard an urban legend at some point in their collegiate career. As the legend goes, when Colorado became a state, both Boulder and Cañon City were competing for the new state’s flagship university. The loser of the competition would receive the state prison as a consolation prize. It’s unclear where it started or why it has so pervasively permeated the dorms, hallways, and quads of the university.
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Wildfire burning in Fremont County as Red Flag Warnings continue

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By Brett Forrest Verified
| KOAA-TV (Pueblo, CO) Verified
FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — A new wildfire is burning in Fremont County as multiple reports of visible smoke are being posted on social media. According to the Southern Park County Fire & EMS Facebook page, the fire is burning south of Guffey in Fremont County. The fire agency said they have a crew on its way to assist in the firefighting efforts. Multiple wildfires are burning across Colorado as much of the western portions of the state face a Red Flag Warning.
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8 months later: Southwest Colorado still rebuilding after Trump admin denied disaster funding

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By Brett Forrest Verified
| KOAA-TV (Pueblo, CO) Verified
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. — Just outside the main drag of Pagosa Springs, a small town of 1800 in southwest Colorado, sits a large debris pile of downed limbs and tree trunks. Darren Lewis, the director of parks and recreation for the town, said their first collection was four times the size of what’s there now. “The flood occurred in October, and cleanup started immediately afterwards, and we're now into June, and this pile behind me is still being added to," said Lewis.
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