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Red Flag Warning in Denver Wednesday as fire risks remain critical

Updated 6 days ago

Fire danger in Denver remained extremely elevated Wednesday and meteorologists issued a Red Flag Warning again to warn residents of the risks. The National Weather...

Proposal seeks to balance emissions goals with blackout risks in Colorado

Updated 1 week ago

A group of researchers is proposing a “social cost of blackouts” framework to balance reliability and energy affordability with emissions reduction goals in electricity planning....

Douglas County lifts fire restrictions after recent rainfall

Updated 2 weeks ago

Douglas County and the Town of Castle Rock lifted fire restrictions Tuesday following recent rainfall across the area, officials announced. “While we have seen an...

Tapped: As fire risk climbs, Colorado faces threat to drinking water

Updated 3 weeks ago

Specialists surveying Colorado’s forests know this year will be challenging. Snow melted too quickly, strong winds dried out the trees, and the early signs of...

What does Colorado's first statewide wildfire building code mean for homeowners?

Updated 1 month ago

State touts enhanced firefighting assets as drought drives higher fire danger

Updated 2 months ago

New U.S. Wildland Fire Service key federal partner in Colorado wildfire response

Updated 2 months ago

Denver public safety power shut-offs 'a last resort,' Xcel says

Updated 2 months ago

Evacuations ordered for wildfire on western edge of Fort Collins

Updated 2 months ago

4,200-acre fire prompts evacuation order near Hanover

Updated 2 months ago

Xcel Energy power shutoffs to occur Wednesday in western Colorado, San Luis Valley

Updated 2 months ago

Schwachheim fire containment decreases to 50% as charred area increases

Updated 2 months ago

Naturally caused wildfire surpasses 1,000 acres near Colorado-New Mexico border, more firefighting resources requested

Updated 2 months ago

Polis pushes back after Trump administration again denies federal disaster aid

Updated 2 months ago

Evacuation orders lifted for Boulder, Larimer County fires

Updated 2 months ago

Evacuation warnings were issued Wednesday morning for an area in west Boulder and an area in Larimer County due to wildfires. Both orders were later...

DougCo offering homeowners $25,000 fire mitigation grants

Updated 3 months ago

Douglas County’s Wildfire Mitigation Cost-Share program is returning this year to help residents reduce wildfire risk. The program provides grants to homeowners, homeowners associations and...

Xcel says $1.85B plan aims to make Public Safety Power Shutoffs rarer

Updated 3 months ago

Deliberately shutting off power to residents and businesses is a last-resort tool, according to the chief of Colorado's largest utility company. The tool — called...

A perfect storm: Pine beetles thriving following warm, dry winter in Colorado

Updated 3 months ago

The warmest winter in Colorado history could lead to record-breaking proliferation of a tiny insect, about the size of a grain of rice, that has...

Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems

Updated 3 months ago

Aurora wildland fire contained at Buckley Space Force Base

Updated 3 months ago

Jeffco adopts updates to wildfire resiliency code

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado weather a 'magnitude worse' than historic Waldo, Black Forest fire seasons, official says

Updated 3 months ago

Denver area smoke blowing in from Nebraska fires

Updated 3 months ago

CDOT pivots from snowplowing to wildfire mitigation along highways

Updated 3 months ago

Aurora grass fire started by cooking at homeless camp, investigators say

Updated 3 months ago

Near-record temperatures in Denver on Friday as dangerous fire weather conditions persist

Updated 3 months ago

Xcel Energy: Power shutoff 'likely' Saturday in Boulder, Jefferson counties

Updated 3 months ago

High winds force closures of I-25 and I-70, overturned semi-trucks, flight delays, power outages

Updated 3 months ago

With high winds, fire danger in Denver, Xcel says outages possible

Updated 3 months ago

With a red flag warning issued for the northern Interstate 25 corridor Tuesday by the National Weather Service’s Boulder office, Xcel Energy is warning of...

U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado's energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses

Updated 3 months ago

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday warned that Colorado's energy policies could lead to higher electricity prices and deter businesses, such as data centers,...