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Rio Blanco County wildfires continue to grow, nearly 60k acres burned

Two wildfires burning in northwest Colorado near Meeker continued to grow overnight Wednesday and have ballooned to nearly 60 ...
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Rio Blanco fires remain zero percent contained Thursday morning; Evacuation shelters established in Craig and Rangely

The Elk and Lee fires in Rio Blanco County remained zero percent contained as of Thursday morning, with hot, dry and windy ...

Western Colorado wildfire updates

News has been tracking several wildfires burning on the western side of the state. Here's the latest information on acreage ...
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Colorado National Guard mobilized to help fight Elk and Lee Fires in Rio Blanco County

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Governor Jared Polis has authorized the mobilization of the Colorado National Guard to ...
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Governor Polis mobilizes the National Guard for firefighting efforts in Rio Blanco County

Governor Jared Polis has mobilized the National Guard to help with firefighting efforts for the Elk Fire and the Lee Fire, ...

Colorado mobilizes National Guard for Lee and Elk fires

The Lee and Elk wildfires have doubled in size since Wednesday morning – an evacuation center is set up at Moffat High School ...

Colorado wildfires: Twelve fire roars across 1,000 acres in Moffat County

The fire — called the Twelve fire on the Bureau of Land Management’s fire dashboard — burned across 1,000 acres over the ...

Polis mobilizes Colorado National Guard to help with Elk Fire, Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County

Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday mobilized the Colorado National Guard to support response efforts for the Elk Fire and Lee ...
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Colorado wildlife officers hunt for wolf in Northwest county; another wolf dies — in Wyoming

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Wednesday that another wolf from the original 10 that came from Oregon has died in ...
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Colorado wildfires: Gov. Polis activates National Guard, all of Meeker on pre-evacuation status

Two uncontained wildfires have charred thousands of acres and reached within a mile of the Western Slope town of Meeker, ...