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Fire officials anticipate the blaze to continue moving south. The weather looks somewhat favorable for suppression efforts, ...
An in-person community meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at Gypsum Town Hall. The section chief and incident ...
The Derby Fire is now 3,569 acres and remains 0% contained as of Friday morning, growing about 1,000 acres since the previous ...
The two fires are called the Derby Fire, located in Eagle County near Garfield County, and the La Plata Fire, located in ...
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 fire about 15 miles north of Dotsero was sparked by lightning on Saturday and has since grown to more than 2,600 acres.
The Derby Fire, located north of Dotsero in White River National Forest grew to 839 acres Tuesday evening, according to the ...
The Derby Fire burning in rugged terrain in the northwest corner of Eagle County is estimated at 2,625 acres as of 5 a.m. Thursday. A lightning strike ignited the fire, which was first spotted ...
Sweetwater Lake has been proposed as Colorado's latest state park. Residents oppose the move, and the elected commissioners of Eagle and Garfield counties agree that any improvements should be limited ...
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 ...