Wildfire

Local News

30 slash piles burn in Sauls Creek area

snows most favorable time for the work

November 16, 2015

Local News

Forest officials agree: Beetle infestation doesn’t determine fire severity

report downplays correlation between tree die-offs, wildfires

November 13, 2015

Local News

Hickenlooper’s budget would send wildfire-mitigation grant program up in smoke

Governor’s budget proposal would slash all funding

November 11, 2015

Local News

In fighting fires, vets rediscover camaraderie, purpose

Program helps former servicemen build their résumés

November 10, 2015

Local News

Colorado senator criticizes current methods of combatting wildfires

of committee turns to U.S. Forest Service budgetary constraints

November 5, 2015

Local News

Spruce beetle impact on wildfires questioned

Study: Damage from bugs may not increase severity

November 2, 2015

Local News

Climate skeptics more likely to take action

Skeptics are more likely to take action

October 18, 2015

Local News

Noncombustible?

Homeowners design house to withstand wildfires

October 7, 2015

Regional News

Firefighting shift focuses on sage grouse in West

Male sage grouse fight for the attention of a female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. As one of the West’s worst…

September 21, 2015

Local News

Controlled burn to run through Tuesday

column could be visible

September 21, 2015

Local News

Prescribed burns to start Saturday east of Bayfield

Crews worked this summer to widen past control lines that had become overgrown to help keep burning operations safely within…

September 18, 2015

Nation & World

California residents flee blazes

wildfires destroy at least 180 homes

September 13, 2015

Local News

Little Devil 100% percent contained

Wildfire expected to be controlled by month’s end

August 24, 2015

Nation & World

Less smoke could mean more fire in Washington state

Firefighter Dallas Barron pokes his firefighting tool into the charred ground as he searches for hot spots left from a…

August 23, 2015

Local News

Little Devil Fire 70% contained

expected to be controlled by Aug. 30

August 22, 2015

Local News

Little Devil Fire 50 percent contained

The Little Devil Fire burns Thursday near Chimney Rock. The Forest Service said Friday the 48-acre blaze was 50 percent…

August 21, 2015

Local News

Little Devil Fire doubles in size

between Pagosa, Bayfield is 20% contained

August 20, 2015

Local News

Western fires make a haze of local skies

10-acre fire burning near Highways 160 and 151

August 19, 2015

Local News

Sleeping Ute crews advance on Sunday

Wildfire 90 percent contained

August 9, 2015

Local News

Toe Fire is cool but is not out

Sleeping Ute Mountain blaze 20% contained

August 8, 2015

Local News

Firefighters get a toe-hold on Toe fire

Weather provides a break in the Sleeping Ute Mountain wildfire

August 7, 2015

Local News

Ute Mountain fire out of control

Plume, smoke from blaze visible from as far away as Durango, Bayfield

August 6, 2015

Regional News

Air wing will provide equipment to fight wildfires in the West

The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group is also mobilizing two Department of Defense C-130s that will be equipped with the systems,…

August 2, 2015

Local News

People underestimate wildfire risks

Less-effective mitigation techniques overvalued

July 30, 2015