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Wired for Service

A 2 a.m. phone call almost always means bad news. For San Isabel Electric lineworkers Eric Guadagnoli, Tim Paulson, and Matt Zagar it means there’s a power outage, medical emergency, or, a fire is raging, and it’s time for them to move. All three men balance full-time...

Heroes Wear Hardhats

A Colorado Department of Transportation employee nearly lost his life when the crane on a mechanic truck contacted overhead powerlines while working on a snowplow after a winter storm last year. It was a split-second mistake with lifelong consequences. After the...

Little Caboose, Big Heart

This summer, in the 100 block of 5th St. in downtown Walsenburg, a very determined fuchsia petunia seed rooted itself in the crack of a sidewalk. Though it was shaded by a nearby planter box, the chances of it sprouting, amounting to much, or succeeding were minimal;...