On Wednesday night, Gov. Jared Polis authorized the mobilization of the Colorado National Guard to aid with fire response ...

The Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco County has grown to an estimated 45,000 acres as containment remains challenging due to ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday expanded an emergency declaration issued earlier this week for the Elk Fire to include ...

A wildfire that started in northwest Colorado on Saturday afternoon has now burned around 4,000 acres. Evacuations and ...

The Lee Fire has grown to 45,000 and is one of two wildfires threatening the town of Meeker on Colorado's Western Slope.

The Lee fire is now the largest burning in the state, after it more than doubled overnight Wednesday from 22,000 to 45,000 ...

Aug. 7, 2025 marked 30 years since the New Kensington Fire Department lost one of its own in the line of duty.

Fire officials say the Lee Fire created a large smoke cloud that collapsed, causing the fire to jump Highway 13. As of August 7, ″Winds have increased, creating some increased fire behavior with smoke ...

More than 108,000 acres of land have burned in separate wildfires in Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and ...

The fire — called the Twelve fire on the Bureau of Land Management’s fire dashboard — burned across 1,000 acres over the ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has temporarily closed its Meeker area office to the growing Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County. “Our ...

Colorado's Governor Polis expands disaster declaration to include the Lee Fire amid worsening wildfire conditions.