Rain showers will start Sunday across Colorado, including on the drought-stricken Western Slope, where multiple wildfires are burning on hundreds of square miles, and continue through at least midweek ...

Scripps News Denver is providing you with the latest updates on several wildfires that have charred thousands of acres and damaged infrastructure across Colorado's Western Slope DENVER, Colo. — High ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A slow-growing, nearly contained wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope is now the fourth-largest on state record, according to fire officials. As of ...

With wildfires raging across Colorado amid extreme drought conditions, the state’s inhabitants — human and wildlife alike — are bracing for impacts. On Friday, Aug. 22, around 207,500 acres were ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Wildfire officials say the fires that have burned more than 130,000 acres in Rio Blanco County have destroyed five homes. The Lee Fire, now the 5th biggest wildfire in Colorado history ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect acreage mapped by first responders on Tuesday, Aug. 26, reducing its position among Colorado’s largest historic fires. DENVER (KDVR) — The Lee ...

DENVER — One of several fires that sparked in Rio Blanco County is now 100% contained. The 2,073-acre Crosho Fire, first reported on Aug. 11, burned in the Routt National Forest. The cause of the ...

DENVER — Wildfires that sparked across Colorado this year — whether by lightning or abandoned campfires — have together scorched more acres than the past four years combined, marking the worst ...