Firefighters across Colorado are having varying levels of success battling at least five wildfires in the state while watching a sixth that started in Utah. Gov. Jared Polis declared disasters in ...

DENVER – Three fires burning on Colorado’s western slope have spread to more than 22,000 acres and forced ongoing evacuations, fire officials said Wednesday. Disaster declarations have been issued for ...

The wildfires that started in Rio Blanco County have forced more evacuations as the damage wrought by this season’s wildfires approaches 190,000 acres. Three of the eight largest fires in the state ...

Rain showers will start Sunday across Colorado, including on the drought-stricken Western Slope, where multiple wildfires are burning on hundreds of square miles, and continue through at least midweek ...

Fire officials reported additional progress toward containing western Colorado’s five wildfires through the morning of July 22, with three of the fires more than 50% contained. The five blazes have ...

The lee and Elk wildfires bracketing the town of Meeker have grown to more than 75,000 acres combined, according to fire officials on Aug. 8. There was still no containment on either blaze in Rio ...

Wildfire activity picked up in Colorado over the weekend, with the Elk Fire consuming more than 2,000 acres since lightning sparked it on Aug. 1, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office.

With wildfires raging across Colorado amid extreme drought conditions, the state’s inhabitants — human and wildlife alike — are bracing for impacts. On Friday, Aug. 22, around 207,500 acres were ...