A few days ago, those wildfires near Meeker became personal. Until then, like most of you, I’d been focused on statistics. Number of acres burned, structures lost or damaged, how many firefighters and ...

Meeker, of rural Stillwater, widow of Larry Meeker, died early Thursday morning, Aug. 14, 2025, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.

A community meeting for the Lee and Elk fires will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Meeker High School (550 School St.).

A new fire that broke out Friday afternoon in southwestern Colorado briefly prompted mandatory evacuations as crews in other ...

When the Lee Fire jumped Colorado Highway 13 in Rio Blanco County on Aug. 6, the town of Meeker was under threat. Spreading ...

The Yellowjacket Fire started Friday northeast of Meeker, in the same area as the Lee and Elk fires.

The Lee Fire grew by nearly 12,000 acres on Thursday amid hot, windy conditions, but fire crews gained ground — pushing ...

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. — Crews fighting the Lee Fire in Rio Blanco county have made some progress toward containment while ...

The fire broke out at First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cosmos early Thursday morning, Meeker County officials say.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available. Firefighters are responding to a newly reported blaze in ...

At least 15 fires have burned more than 216,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio Blanco counties, as well as in parts of eastern Utah.

Good news arrived to the Western Slope. While the Lee Fire continues to grow in acreage, containment has gone up and the fire ...