The Derby Fire, located north of Dotsero in White River National Forest grew to 839 acres Tuesday evening, according to the ...

An in-person community meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at Gypsum Town Hall. The section chief and incident ...

Fire officials anticipate the blaze to continue moving south. The weather looks somewhat favorable for suppression efforts, ...

The Derby Fire is now 3,569 acres and remains 0% contained as of Friday morning, growing about 1,000 acres since the previous ...

Five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope — the Lee, Elk, Derby, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have together burned more than 167,000 acres, or about 260 ...

The two fires are called the Derby Fire, located in Eagle County near Garfield County, and the La Plata Fire, located in ...

Evacuations have been ordered for some Eagle County residents on Wednesday as the Derby Fire experienced "significant growth ...

The recently acquired land around Sweetwater Lake in remote northeastern Garfield County is set to become the newest Colorado state park, the first state-federal partnership of its kind. Gov. Jared ...

Things to Do Outdoors Sweetwater Lake is gorgeous, but it can’t handle large crowds — and maybe never will Officials are planning to make it Colorado’s 43rd state park, but locals fear the small area ...

Sweetwater Lake, 12 miles north of Glenwood Canyon in Garfield County, was acquired by the White River National Forest in 2021 and is in the process of becoming Colorado’s 43rd state park.

That opposition — largely from people living nearby — quickly followed Gov. Jared Polis announcing Sweetwater Lake as Colorado's next state park in 2021. The announcement came after the lake ...