High winds and extreme drought conditions in northwest Colorado have fueled the rapid growth of two wildfires this week near ...

Two lightning-sparked wildfires burning near Meeker in Rio Blanco County had scorched 45,000 acres and 14,250 acres, ...

The Lee fire has grown to 45-thousand acres southwest of Meeker, while the Elk fire has reached more than 14-thousand acres.

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Governor Jared Polis has authorized the mobilization of the Colorado National Guard to ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -Here’s the latest on the wildfires burning across western Colorado. This Table was updated as of 8/5/2025 at 5:30 p.m.

The Lee and Elk wildfires have doubled in size since Wednesday morning – an evacuation center is set up at Moffat High School ...

Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday activated the Colorado National Guard to support response efforts for the Elk Fire and Lee ...

Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday mobilized the Colorado National Guard to support response efforts for the Elk Fire and Lee ...

The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County remained zero percent contained as of Wednesday morning, according to an 8 a.m.

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

Four fires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope have spread to more than 31,000 acres and forced ongoing evacuations, fire ...