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At approximately 1 p.m., the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office updated the evacuations in the county from the Lee Fire due to ...
The Lee Fire, burning west of Meeker, has reached 6% containment and scorched over 92,000 acres, according to Watch Duty. The ...
The southern edge of the Lee Fire has reached the Garfield County line, prompting changes to evacuation statuses, according ...
Another brush fire has closed U.S. Interstate 70 in Garfield County. The Colorado Department of Transportation stated the ...
New mandatory evacuations were ordered in the Lee fire late Friday night and early Saturday morning as the blaze grew nearly ...
Despite the wildfires and evacuations from the nearby Lee and Elk fires, some students and staff in Garfield County returned ...
Garfield County Sheriff issued evacuations orders Sunday afternoon for homes in the Panorama Subdivision and areas East of ...
Officials have detected the West Nile Virus in Garfield County. Certain mosquito species found in the county, especially in the western portion near Parachute and Rifle, tested positive for carrying ...
The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco county surpassed 103,000 combined acres as of Saturday morning, prompting additional ...
The Colorado Department of Corrections evacuated all 179 incarcerated individuals from the Rifle Correctional Center Sunday ...
A former Garfield County judge, facing a criminal trial in connection with a 2023 drive-by shooting, no longer wants his case ...
Garfield County Commissioners said the brunt of the wolf releases is now having to be shouldered by three Western Slope counties, something they said voters weren’t initially aware of.