Due to decreased fire activity and an increase in fire containment lines along the northern perimeter of the Lee Fire, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reopened the Meeker Area office. In addition to ...

Fire officials say the Lee fire is 68 percent contained, after burning nearly 138,000 acres of mountainsides, grasslands and pastures in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties. The Bureau of Land Management ...

With the Elk Fire 100% contained, progress continues on the south side of the Lee Fire, with 68% containment as of press time ...

Park County opinion writer discusses how smoke from wildfires in Colorado's Western Slope streaming across South Park is raising health concerns and increasing insurance premiums for homeowners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four wildfires burning in western Colorado have consumed more than 250 square miles, threatened hundreds of homes and forced ...

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