Tag: Grizzly Creek

  • I-70 Glenwood Canyon severe weather protocols revised

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Travelers on I-70 through Glenwood Canyon this season will notice new protocols for highway closures in response to flash flood warnings, as the Colorado Department of Transportation is attempting to keep the major artery open as much as possible. Rather than shutting down the entire…

  • Emergency repair work will cause overnight closures on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon

    Emergency repair work will cause overnight closures on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sections of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon will close overnight Thursday as crews continue emergency repairs caused by mudslides earlier this year. Eastbound lanes at Glenwood Springs, exit 116, will begin at 10 p.m. Thursday —…

  • Glenwood Springs’ rivers are the lifeblood and harbinger | Colorado River Towns

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denizens of Glenwood Springs, the small Western Slope city that hugs the two rivers that meet about a mile west of its world-famous hot springs, are acutely attuned to the health of the Colorado and the Roaring Fork rivers. The city asked residents in late…

  • Glenwood Canyon I-70 closure wreaks havoc on travel and the economy

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fires, mudslides and the extended closure of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon have created a perfect storm of economic and transportation problems for western Colorado that are likely to reverberate for years. The disruptions to travel, supply lines, drops in tourism bookings, deliveries of gasoline,…

  • I-70 through Glenwood Canyon reopens after flash flood threat

    I-70 through Glenwood Canyon reopens after flash flood threat

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Heavy rain and thunderstorms in western Colorado prompted closures in both directions on Interstate 70 between Dotsero and Glenwood Springs for more than four hours on Wednesday, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Additionally, eastbound I-70 was closed between Rifle and Canyon Creek and…

  • Mudslides close I-70 for second weekend in a row

    Mudslides close I-70 for second weekend in a row

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drivers that regularly travel on I-70 groaned again Saturday afternoon after several mudslides flowed onto the roadway and closed it down. The closure came just five days after the highway reopened to traffic on Monday, after last weekend’s round of mudslides from the Grizzly Creek…

  • State fire agency receives Popular Science award

    State fire agency receives Popular Science award

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Center of Excellence for Advance Technology Aerial Firefighting was awarded Popular Science’s 2020 Best of What’s New Award in the security category. CoE won the award after its work on the Team Awareness Kit, a geospatial mapping…

  • Colorado Wildfires | Grizzly Creek fire ruled to be human-caused

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s a look at wildfires burning in Colorado: Pine Gulch fire Acres/Location: 139,007 acres/18 miles north of Grand Junction Containment: 81% Started: July 31, lightning Firefighters: 629 All evacuation orders and pre-evacuation orders were lifted…

  • Colorado Wildfires | Cooler temps could help firefighting efforts around state

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s a look at wildfires burning in Colorado: Pine Gulch fire Acres/Location: 139,007 acres/18 miles north of Grand Junction Containment: 79% Started: July 31, lightning Firefighters: 686 The giant fire started by lightning on July…

  • Colorado Wildfires | A look at the fires burning in the state

    Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s a look at wildfires burning in Colorado: Pine Gulch fire Acres/Location: 139,006 acres/18 miles north of Grand Junction Containment: 77% Started: July 31, lightning Firefighters: 753 The giant fire started by lightning on July…

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