Fire officials anticipate the blaze to continue moving south. The weather looks somewhat favorable for suppression efforts, ...

The Derby Fire grew overnight Saturday into Sunday morning, bringing the total to 5,248 acres at 0% containment. Afternoon ...

A closure of Colorado River Road was extended Friday evening all the way south to the roundabout in Dotsero. The closure runs ...

Evacuations have been ordered for some Eagle County residents on Wednesday as the Derby Fire experienced "significant growth ...

The Derby Fire, located north of Dotsero in White River National Forest grew to 839 acres Tuesday evening, according to the ...

Five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope — the Lee, Elk, Derby, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have together burned more than 167,000 acres, or about 260 ...

The two fires are called the Derby Fire, located in Eagle County near Garfield County, and the La Plata Fire, located in ...

Things to Do Outdoors Sweetwater Lake is gorgeous, but it can’t handle large crowds — and maybe never will Officials are planning to make it Colorado’s 43rd state park, but locals fear the small area ...

More than three years after Gov. Jared Polis announced that picturesque Sweetwater Lake, 14 miles north of Glenwood Canyon, would become Colorado's 43rd state park, it may never become one.

The recently acquired land around Sweetwater Lake in remote northeastern Garfield County is set to become the newest Colorado state park, the first state-federal partnership of its kind. Gov. Jared ...

Sweetwater Lake, located in remote northeastern Garfield County just outside the Flat Tops, is becoming Colorado’s first state park on federal land after it was acquired by the U.S. Forest ...

Sweetwater Lake, 12 miles north of Glenwood Canyon in Garfield County, was acquired by the White River National Forest in 2021 and is in the process of becoming Colorado’s 43rd state park.