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The Turner Gulch Fire has reached 15,286 acres with 34% containment, while the Write Draw fire remains at 448 acres and 0% ...
Crews are battling the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw fires near Gateway in Mesa County. Evacuations are still in place, but ...
An air-quality alert remains in effect until Saturday at 9 a.m. for Mesa and Montrose counties due to lingering wildfire ...
Five men are behind bars after a sting operation that caught several alleged internet sex predators on the Western Slope. NEW ...
The growth of one wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope has slowed to a crawl, but four others continue to scorch ...
On Friday, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests announced an immediate expansion to the forest ...
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office says that it was not involved with immigration enforcement efforts after learning that a "communication group" that included some of the agency's deputies may have ...
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office has removed itself from a federal communications group. The decision comes after ICE detained a college student from Utah following a traffic stop by the sheriff's ...
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office later said that Dias Goncalves' information was shared via Signal with a communication group that included federal agents.
Residents along Escalante Canyon Road, especially past the Pot Holes recreation area in Montrose and Mesa counties, have been put on pre-evacuation status.