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Rio Blanco County officials lifted some mandatory evacuation and pre-evacuation orders Friday afternoon for the Elk and Lee ...
The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office announced during the day that they have downgraded the evacuation status for Meeker.
The Town of Meeker is no longer under a pre-evacuation status as the state's largest wildfire continues to pose a challenge ...
Two uncontained wildfires have charred thousands of acres and reached within a mile of the Western Slope town of Meeker, ...
High winds and extreme drought conditions in northwest Colorado have fueled the rapid growth of two wildfires this week near ...
The largest of several wildfires in northwestern Colorado grew to over 100,000 acres overnight, prompting new evacuations.
Neighbors are helping neighbors, and ranchers are helping other ranchers to evacuate livestock, especially southwest of Meeker, as the Lee Fire grew to an estimated 58,700 acres by Thursday evening.
When a 60,000-acre wildfire is breathing down the neck of a small northwestern Colorado town, the locals don’t freeze. The ...