The Lee Fire between Meeker and Rifle held steady in size between Monday and Tuesday, as the number of fire personnel assigned to it and the Elk Fire continues to ...

Mesa County Valley School District has suspended its Outdoor Wilderness Lab (OWL) program until further notice, citing ...

From the White River/Douglas Creek Conservation Districts, landowners directly impacted by the Lee and Elk fires, are invited to attend a meeting Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 8 p.m. at the 4-H Building to ...

The Lee Fire has scorched over 133,000 acres in northwest Colorado, ranking among the state’s largest wildfires as drought ...

A new wildfire sparked in the “remote, rugged terrain” of White River National Forest on Sunday and has consumed 25 acres, ...

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

BAYFIELD, Colo. — A wildfire near the town of Bayfield that started Friday afternoon in southwest Colorado has been 100% ...

Significant progress was made over the weekend to contain and control the Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County near Meeker.

The Lee Fire near Meeker, Colorado's fifth-largest wildfire ever, has reached 61% containment. Donny Osmond remembers the ...

As classes start in the Meeker School District, firefighters continue to fight to increase containment levels at the two ...

After a weekend of firefighters battling a growing wildfire, the Lee Fire near Meeker has now burned 137,485 acres. It’s ...

Officials announced Saturday that the lightning-sparked Elk Fire, first reported on Aug. 2, 11 miles southeast of Meeker in Rio Blanco County, is fully contained.