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 ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Here is the latest on the wildfires burning in western Colorado. Map updated as of 3:00 p.m. on 8/12/2025. The Lee Fire has become the 5th largest wildfire when compared ...

Due to critical fire weather and very high winds expected in Colorado on Monday, Xcel Energy is making plans for possible ...

A monsoonal weather system is expected to bring rain to Colorado’s drought-stricken Western Slope in the coming days, dampening wildfires that have charred hundreds of square miles but also raising ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Thursday as wildfires are continuing to burn more than 193,000 acres along the Western Slope. Polis signed an executive order on ...

Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee fires burning near the Western Slope town of Meeker. The sheriff’s office ...

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 ...

The Lee Fire, the largest of several wildfires in northwestern Colorado, grew to over 100,000 acres overnight, prompting new evacuations, state fire officials said. On the plus side, fire crews have ...

The Lee Fire near Meeker is now over 116,000 acres, fire maps show, and has surpassed the Spring Creek Fire of 2018 as the state's fifth-largest wildfire. Over 1,000 firefighters and a dozen aircraft ...

With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents gathered Monday night at Colorado Mountain College in Rifle for an ...

DENVER, Colo. — The Town of Meeker is no longer under a pre-evacuation status as the state's largest wildfire continues to pose a challenge for firefighters on the ground due to hot, dry conditions.

Colorado has experienced a dramatic weather shift over the past week, swinging from extreme drought conditions to ...