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When Colorado wildfires threatened this Western Slope town, neighbors showed up for each other

When a 60,000-acre wildfire is breathing down the neck of a small northwestern Colorado town, the locals don’t freeze. The ...

Wildfires on Colorado's western slope prompt fire restrictions in the Denver metro area

As large wildfires rage across Colorado’s Western Slope, several counties in the Denver metro area are tightening fire rules.

Colorado residents "nervous" as wildfire comes close to town of Meeker on the Western Slope

A wildfire close to Meeker in western Colorado has doubled in size. The Lee Fire west of the historic town has now burned an ...
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Smoke blankets state, forces evacuations as Western Slope fires burn, largely uncontained

Multiple wildfires are burning on the Western Slope, forcing evacuations and darkening the sky across the state. With most of ...
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Western Slope fire agencies react to HB25-1009

Wildfire mitigation can make or break the way your home will battle a fire, especially during a peak fire season in Colorado.
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Drought worsens in Colorado as hot, dry, windy weather fuels wildfire behavior — and risk — on Western Slope

Drought conditions are getting worse on Colorado’s Western Slope, increasing the risk of wildfires, even as several large ...
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179 inmates to be evacuated on the Western Slope due to rapidly growing fire

The Colorado Department of Corrections is beginning to evacuate 179 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center due to the ...
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Lee fire tops 106k acres as firefighters in northwestern Colorado start to gain containment

Two fires burning near Meeker combined have scorched more than 120,000 acres in a week as hundreds of crews battle the flames ...