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- Influx of Car Repairs After Icy Weather in Abilene, TX
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Southwestern News
Local news stories affecting the auto body industry in Arizona, Utah, Arkansas, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
Caliber Collision Academy Gives CO Soldiers Opportunity To Start Civilian Careers
Caliber Collision recently announced the opening of its Changing Lanes Falcon Academy, an innovative training program for Ft. Carson soldiers in Colorado nearing the completion of their military service to learn skills for a successful new career in the fast-growing collision repair industry.
Ford Motor Company Loses Liability Case in $4 Million TX Ruling
Written by Emmariah Holcomb, glassBYTEs.com
The seven-year-long legal battle concerning alleged defective glass between Ford Motor Company and Jose Leos-Ortiz has finally ended.
Retired CO Police Chief Returns to the Auto Body Business
Written by Staff, Brush News-TribuneTravis Anderson has used retirement as an opportunity to return to the family business.
B & J Collision Owner Bobby Wayne Johnson Passes Away in TX
Bobby Wayne Johnson of Woodlawn, TX, (aged 73) left this world on Sept. 1st, 2018.
Car Owners With Recalled Takata Airbags Have Trouble Getting Rentals, Repairs
Written by Dalfred Jones, KLFY News 10The 2008 discovery of faulty Takata airbags triggered a recall of more than 70 million vehicles in the U.S.
CO CARSTAR Business Group Supports Cystic Fibrosis Research
The CARSTAR Business Group of Colorado recently hit the links with their franchise partners, insurance carriers, vendor partners, CARSTAR corporate team members and community members---all for a good cause.
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Young Auto Care Network Group Meets Up in Denver
Written by Chasidy Rae Sisk
On August 23, the Young Auto Care Network Group (YANG) held a Regional Meet-Up, hosted by Mansfield Oil, in conjunction with Mansfield’s D1 Expo.
Thousands of Hail-Damaged Vehicles in CO To Be Auctioned Off
Written by Alexis Dominguez, KRDO
When KRDO first used its Skytracker 13 drone to fly over the lot on Platte and Powers in Colorado Springs, CO, July 25, it noticed more than a thousand hail-pummeled cars and trucks damaged in June's destructive hail storm. Today, that number continues to grow.
When All Hail Breaks Loose, the Hustlers Get Busy
Written by Ellen Marks, Albuquerque Journal
Here’s a group of people not to hail if they come to your front door: scammers who are trying to make a buck off of storm damage that hit New Mexico over the past month.
CO Body Shop Accused of Billing Insurance for Repairs That Weren’t Done
Written by Eric Ross, KOAA News 5
Dennis Wooten took his car to Lustre Plus Paint and Body in Pueblo, CO, for repairs but claims the body shop didn’t do the work it promised and billed his insurance company for parts that were never replaced.