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Section of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado reopens; South Rim Fire remains active

A portion of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is back open after wildfires forced park officials to shut the park ...

Colorado wildfires: 2 new wildfires spark in southwestern state, force evacuations

Two wildfires that sparked Saturday in southwestern Colorado have forced several communities across La Plata County to ...
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A team of scientists is helping this Colorado national park recover from wildfire. Nature will do the rest.

Two archaeologists clad in neon yellow shirts with notebooks in hand moved through the wildfire’s path, taking notes as they navigated around charred oak trees and pockets of ash. Inside a nearby ...

Glenwood Springs tackles Colorado wildfire and criminal risk with unhoused residents

In a Colorado mountain community, a growing crisis is testing the limits of public resources and resident patience.

Elkhorn fire near Durango grows, evacuations lifted for Rim Road wildfire in southwestern Colorado

The Elkhorn fire, northeast of Durango, grew in size, but the Rim Road fire, on the Southern Ute Reservation, did not grow ...

Days of smoky skies to cover most of Colorado due to out-of-state fires

Skies across many areas of Colorado have been hazy this week, largely due to fires in other states, and the smoke is expected ...

U.S. Highway 50 reopened in western Colorado as wildfire mop up continues

Fire officials are calling this new fire the Kinikin Fire and it has closed U.S. 50 at Mile Marker 102, about 8 miles east of ...

Firehawk helicopter returns to action in Colorado wildfire battle

The state's $24 million Firehawk helicopter is back in service now after being grounded for mandatory maintenance.

How can you help during and after the Colorado wildfires? Here’s what you need to know

Wildfires are an inevitable part of Colorado summers. Here are several tangible ways you can help people who are affected by ...

We bought our dream home in Colorado, but wildfires and home insurance trends had us selling 1.5 years later

Emily Moore bought a dreamy mountain home near Boulder, CO with big windows, amazing views, and nearby trails, but there was ...

Rural Colorado station's ability to broadcast emergency alerts threatened as Corporation for Public Broadcasting closes

"The equipment we have is being held together basically with duct tape and glue," the head of the radio station in rural southwest Colorado said.