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The Lee Fire near the town of Meeker in Rio Blanco County has grown to be the fifth-largest wildfire in state history as ...
The Elk and Lee fires burning in Rio Blanco County have scorched more than 120,000 combined acres, with the larger Lee Fire ...
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Operations in Rifle impacted by Lee Fire

With the big game hunting season around the corner, many hunters are using our State Wildlife Area shooting ranges to ...
More than half a dozen wildfires continued to burn across Colorado Monday morning, but firefighters have been able to get ...
A state prison in rural western Colorado has been evacuated due to a massive fire that has spread to more than 110,000 acres, state authorities said Sunday.
The Colorado Department of Corrections said it has begun evacuating 179 individuals in custody from Rifle Correctional Center ...
Firefighters made progress toward containing one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history over the weekend, but officials said “extreme fire weather” is expected to continue Monday and throughout ...
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, the Lee Fire had grown to approximately 92,047 acres and is 6% contained ...
Following Bryan Kohberger's life sentence, the 30-year-old was moved to solitary confinement at Idaho Maximum Security ...
New mandatory evacuations were ordered in the Lee fire late Friday night and early Saturday morning as the blaze grew nearly ...
Firefighters are starting to gain ground against the Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties, which has grown to become the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history.
The Lee Fire prompted evacuation of Rifle Correctional Center's 179 inmates. The fire, sixth-largest in Colorado history, has ...