Reppenhagen said hot conditions and dry lightning helped spark, then grow, the Lee Fire, and heat is making it hard to cool off this fire. "As soon as the heat starts to build, 11:00, noon, you can ...

The Rifle High School (RHS) football team showed that their commitment goes beyond the field by turning a team fundraiser ...

Officials announced Saturday that the lightning-sparked Elk Fire, first reported on Aug. 2, 11 miles west of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, is fully contained.

Drought conditions in Colorado continued to worsen this week with the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report detailing “exceptional drought” conditions in the region where the state’s largest wildfires ...

While afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday helped firefighters contain one blaze burning on the Western Slope, another nearby ...

Firefighters were able to increase containment to 42% Saturday, according to the Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident ...

Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of multiple wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western ...

At least 15 fires have burned more than 216,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio Blanco counties, as well as in parts of eastern Utah.

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 ...

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