Rep. Harriet Hageman opened an oversight hearing focused on how long-standing forest management practices have contributed to ...

BLY, Ore. — Crews are making progress against the nation’s largest wildfire in Oregon, even as fires in neighboring California continue to threaten homes. The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area ...

By stopping fires for generations, the western U.S. may have made its wildfire problem far worse.

Rain showers will start Sunday across Colorado, including on the drought-stricken Western Slope, where multiple wildfires are burning on hundreds of square miles, and continue through at least midweek ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -As efforts on the Western Wildfires continue, Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued a verbal disaster declaration. Polis said these fires threaten vital assets to the ...

Wildfires are an increasingly common feature of life in American West, and researchers are working overtime to understand how the resulting smoke affects air quality, human health and climate change. ...

The death toll from a series of wildfires in western states rose sharply Thursday evening, and officials expect more casualties and damage in the coming days. A total of 17 people have been killed in ...

The Scripps News Group is providing you with the latest updates on several wildfires that have charred thousands of acres and damaged infrastructure across Colorado's Western Slope DENVER, Colo. — At ...

Five wildfires continued to burn across Colorado’s Western Slope on Wednesday with minimal containment, although firefighters managed to prevent more large runs of fire growth and protected almost all ...

After several lightning strikes set parts of western Colorado aflame two weeks ago, five wildfires have consumed 42,431 acres as incident management teams make headway on containment. A drought in the ...