Overnight rain helped slow the spread of the Elk and Lee fires, giving firefighters an advantage as they worked to reinforce containment lines Saturday morning. The Lee Fire, now at 133,954 acres, is ...

The Lee Fire, now at 133,954 acres, is 31% contained. The Elk Fire has burned 14,518 acres and is 93% contained. Both were started by lightning on Aug. 2 and together are being fo ...

Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of multiple wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western ...

Gov. Jared Polis visited the Incident Command Post for the Turner Gulch Fire in Mesa County on Thursday (Polis office photo).

When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...

The Lee Fire grew by nearly 12,000 acres on Thursday amid hot, windy conditions, but fire crews gained ground — pushing ...

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — Crews fighting the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco county have made some progress toward containment while ...

As yet another large wildfire grows on the Western Slope, Gov. Jared Polis has declared a disaster emergency statewide and ...

Air quality alerts are in place again for the entire Western Slope as firefighters battle more than 20 fires. The Colorado ...

At least 15 fires have burned more than 216,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio Blanco counties, as well as in parts of eastern Utah.

Air quality alerts are in place again for the entire Western Slope as firefighters battle more than 20 fires. The Colorado ...

The Lee fire prompted an evacuation in Garfield County Thursday as crews began to reach further containment of the now ...