RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — The Lee Fire burning in Rio Blanco County became the fourth-largest blaze in Colorado history Monday, a little more than three weeks after igniting southwest of Meeker. As ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Scattered rain and slightly cooler temperatures limited the spread of wildfires burning across Colorado’s Western Slope on Saturday, allowing firefighters to ...
Special to the HT MEEKER | Sandwiched between two “Red Flag Warnings,” Rio Blanco County safety officials held a community ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope is less than 300 acres away from becoming the state’s fourth-largest fire on record. The 137,485-acre Lee ...
The Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, has reached 133,841 acres, ranking as the fifth-largest wildfire in the state’s history. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the Lee and Grease ...
Less than a year after the Meeker area was hard-hit by wildfire, a state agency is initiating emergency, pre-emptive fuels reduction work to reduce the chance of a coal mine ...
MEEKER — Weeks after the embers cooled from two major wildfires that hit Rio Blanco County this summer, recovery efforts are just getting warmed up. And some of those involved are advising that the ...