News

Colorado Public Radio5h
Gov. Polis calls in National Guard after Lee fire doubles in size, threatening town of Meeker
The Lee fire is now the largest burning in the state, after it more than doubled overnight Wednesday from 22,000 to 45,000 ...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis expands emergency declaration to include Lee Fire after merging with Grease Fire
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday expanded an emergency declaration issued earlier this week for the Elk Fire to include ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today9m
CPW temporarily closes Meeker office due to Lee Fire
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has temporarily closed its Meeker area office to the growing Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County. “Our ...
Colorado Public Radio2d
Gov. Polis declares state of disaster for Western Slope wildfires, Lee and Grease fires merge overnight
On Monday, Gov. Jared Polis declared a state of disaster for the LeRoux fire in Delta County after the sheriff's office ...
Lee, Elk wildfires exceed 30k acres, Polis expands disaster emergency declaration
Two wildfires burning over 30,000 acres in Rio Blanco County have prompted closures of four state wildlife areas near Meeker.
Colorado wildfires: Twelve fire roars across 1,000 acres in Moffat County
The fire — called the Twelve fire on the Bureau of Land Management’s fire dashboard — burned across 1,000 acres over the ...
Elk Fire in western Colorado grows to 4,000 acres, nearby Lee and Grease Fires reach 5,000
A wildfire that started in northwest Colorado on Saturday afternoon has now burned around 4,000 acres. Evacuations and ...
Colorado National Guard mobilized to support Elk, Lee fire suppression efforts
On Wednesday night, Gov. Jared Polis authorized the mobilization of the Colorado National Guard to aid with fire response ...