wildfire

Ragged cost: Wildfire tally nears quarter-million mark
Published on Mar 17th, 2011
8 comments As the criminal trial nears, tallies of suppression costs and property losses have begun in the so-called Ragged Mountain Fire, and the price-tag appears to have neared the quarter-million-dollar...
Charges filed: Ousted developer Toomy blamed for fire
Published on Mar 1st, 2011
32 comments It's been a tough time for Alex Toomy. Last year, he moved out of the 7,000-square-foot house he built on 106 acres and lost, via foreclosure, the adjacent Ragged Mountain subdivision he'd developed...
Ragged indeed: Neighbors say dormant burn pile sparked massive blaze
Published on Feb 19th, 2011
93 comments Could it be that somebody in Ivy didn't get the memo that Saturday, February 19, was a "red flag day," a time of high winds and dry conditions that were prime time for fanning a fire? According to...