Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Thursday as wildfires are continuing to burn more than 185,000 acres along ...

Rio Blanco County is grappling with yet another fire this morning. It's called the Yellowjacket Fire and is burning ...

Discover how nighttime changes wildfire fighting, from easier weather to visibility woes, with insights from the 2025 Lee Fire and tech innovations boosting safety and success.

The weather at night can actually make firefighting efforts a little easier. For example, the crew that is fighting the Lee Fire near Meeker has done a lot of strategic firing operations at night to ...

A few days ago, those wildfires near Meeker became personal. Until then, like most of you, I’d been focused on statistics. Number of acres burned, structures lost or damaged, how many firefighters and ...

Residents of all roads north and east of Hilltop Drive are under mandatory evacuation orders. The rest of the Forest Lakes ...

A community meeting for the Lee and Elk fires will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Meeker High School (550 School St.).

The Crosho Fire, which sparked in Rio Blanco County, has burned over 2,200 acres and remains uncontained at this time.

A new fire that broke out Friday afternoon in southwestern Colorado briefly prompted mandatory evacuations as crews in other ...

The Herman Fire in Solano County, California, has burned 166.9 acres as of Friday afternoon and remains uncontained. Crews ...

When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...

The decision comes as hundreds of firefighters and extensive equipment occupy the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds, where the event is typically held.