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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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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.