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

Wildland firefighting is exhausting, hot, dirty and stressful. It is also a smoky and possibly dangerous job where ...

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 is the fifth-largest wildfire in state history but closing in on the Hayman fire, which burned 137,760 acres in ...

The lightning-sparked Elk fire southeast of Meeker in Rio Blanco County started just after noon Saturday and more than quadrupled in size throughout the evening, jumping a county road and ...

Containment efforts of the Lee Fire have allowed Colorado Parks and Wildlife to reopen a Meeker area office and two nearby ...

The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office in western Colorado has issued evacuation orders for two wildfires burning in the area. One fire, named the Elk Fire, has burned about 3,000 acres in the Oak ...

Fire officials expect more activity for the Lee and Elk fires burning in northwestern Colorado with high temperatures forecast for Wednesday ...

The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office announced during the day that they have downgraded the evacuation status for Meeker.

Challenging conditions are expected Thursday for crews fighting the Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco County, which has grown to ...

Meeker native and restaurant owner Bobby Gutierrez had a chance Thursday to join a friend who is a utility line locator on a drive down Colorado Highway 13, which is ...

A church in Meeker County is a complete loss after it was destroyed in a fire, according to the Meeker County Sheriff's ...