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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.
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 ...
Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Thursday as wildfires are continuing to burn more than 185,000 acres along ...
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 Lee Fire, at more than 133,000 acres as of Thursday, and the Elk Fire, at more than 14,500 acres, had cost an estimated ...
The Crosho Fire, which sparked in Rio Blanco County, has burned over 2,200 acres and remains uncontained at this time.
When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...
The Lee Fire grew by nearly 12,000 acres on Thursday amid hot, windy conditions, but fire crews gained ground — pushing ...