Hikers discovered a crashed helicopter northeast of Meeker at around 6:50 a.m. Thursday after it went missing the day before, according to a news release from the Rio Blanco Sheriff’s Office. At ...

MEEKER, Colo. — The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office in western Colorado has issued evacuation orders for two wildfires burning in the area. One fire, named the Elk Fire, has burned about 3,000 ...

Neighbors are helping neighbors, and ranchers are helping other ranchers to evacuate livestock, especially southwest of Meeker, as the Lee Fire grew. As of Sunday, it has swelled to 106,672 acres, ...

RIO BLANCO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office says five people are in custody, accused of starting the Yellow Jacket Fire in Meeker this summer amid a tense, busy wildfire ...

Wildfires near Meeker have burned nearly 60,000 acres and resulted in the entire town being put on pre-evacuation notice, while also prompting Gov. Jared Polis to mobilize the Colorado National Guard ...

LITCHFIELD — No injuries or damage occurred as a result of a fire at the Meeker County Jail on Wednesday afternoon. According to a Thursday morning news release from the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office ...

Organizers of this year’s Meeker Mustang Makeover are finding a silver, or rather golden, lining in its delay due to wildfires. The annual event will now be occurring at the height of fall color ...

Neighbors are helping neighbors, and ranchers are helping other ranchers to evacuate livestock, especially southwest of Meeker, as the Lee Fire grew to an estimated 45,000 acres by Thursday morning.