According to a news release, the fire ignited on Monday on Routt National Forest land and has since burned an estimated 1,700 total acres, with roughly 600 on state and private lands in Rio Blanco and ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Wildfire risk increases due to lightning and gusty winds from thunderstorms.

The heavy smoke from several fires in Rio Blanco and Garfield counties has drifted through Grand County over the past week.

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