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The Lee Fire has grown to over 116,000 acres, making it the fifth largest in state history. It’s also close to Meeker.
New evacuations were called today in Garfield County, on the southern edge of the fire, close to Rifle. The fire is more than ...
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Community meeting for Lee Fire updates

On Monday, Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Response Team 3, alongside several other agencies, held a community meeting in ...
Crews fighting the Lee Fire north of Rifle, one of the largest currently burning in the nation, dealt with continued weather ...
With the Lee Fire already the fifth-largest wildfire in Colorado history, dozens of Garfield and Rio Blanco County residents ...
The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders on Wednesday on top of the Roan Plateau near Rifle as the Lee ...
As yet another large wildfire grows on the Western Slope, Gov. Jared Polis has declared a disaster emergency statewide and ...
The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 between Rifle and Parachute are closed Thursday afternoon as fire crews battle a brush fire in the area.
The Colorado Department of Corrections announced the evacuation of the Rifle Correctional Center on Saturday as the Lee Fire ...
At approximately 1 p.m., the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office updated the evacuations in the county from the Lee Fire due to ...
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Operations in Rifle impacted by Lee Fire

With the big game hunting season around the corner, many hunters are using our State Wildlife Area shooting ranges to ...