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A fire burning near the town of Pagosa Springs is nearly 50% contained, and Archuleta County officials say evacuations due to ...
Together, five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope have consumed hundreds of square miles, destroying at least five ...
FEMA has announced the authorized use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Oak Fire burning in Archuleta ...
A wildfire burning in southwest Colorado is now 14 percent contained, but officials warn evacuees it’s still not safe to return home. As of Tuesday morning, the Oak Fire is still an estimated 75 acres ...
New evacuations were called today in Garfield County, on the southern edge of the fire, close to Rifle. The fire is more than ...
As of Monday morning, what is known as the Oak Fire has burned 75 acres north of Highway 160 in the Elk Park/Ironwood ...
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has made a verbal declaration for a fire burning in Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County. The Oak ...
The Lee Fire near the town of Meeker in Rio Blanco County has grown to be the fifth-largest wildfire in state history as crews continued to battle fires in several parts of Colorado on Monday. Dry ...
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FEMA to provide funds to battle Oak Fire

FEMA announced it authorized the use of federal funds on Monday afternoon to aid firefighting costs for the Oak Fire in ...
Archuleta County, with a population of about 14,000 people, contributes about $130,000 a year, and La Plata County, with a population of about 56,000 people, contributes around $545,000 a year to ...
Archuleta County is tightening its belt. It has to in the wake of a failed ballot measure that would have increased taxes to pay for a new jail, said county Commissioner Steve Wadley.