At least 15 fires have burned more than 209,000 acres across Delta, Dolores, Garfield, Grand, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, and Rio ...

Together, five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope have consumed hundreds of square miles, destroying at least five ...

Governor Jared Polis stopped in Palisade to pick fresh peaches. “We had a neat opportunity to have the governor come by,” Charlie Talbott, a co-owner of Talbott Farms, said. “We always appreciate the ...

As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made his way to Mesa County on Thursday to visit Palisade producers and the Turner Gulch Fire ...

Drought conditions in Colorado continued to worsen this week with the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report detailing ...

While medical treatment and sanitary improvements have lessened its impact, the bubonic plague — responsible for the Black ...

Two new wildfires are burning Sunday on Colorado’s Western Slope, prompting evacuation orders and disaster declarations.

Across the Western Slope, smoke in the air has been a common sight, experts said it’s no coincidence. Drought conditions have ...

With the latest growth, the estimated area burned in Colorado by 11 major wildfires in 2025 now stands at 64,196 acres, ...

A wildfire that sparked on Colorado’s Western Slope this weekend grew by thousands of acres, destroying two homes. Weather ...

New data shows Colorado’s allure for newcomers is weakening, with net migration down more than 50% since 2015. Some counties ...

It’s mining that originally built the Western Slope, beginning with coal. That led to more than 5,000 mines in Powder Wash in Moffat County not far from the Colorado-Wyoming state line.