Most of the west side of Colorado Springs borders Forest Service land. While it's great for views and recreation, it also ...

A local summertime market returned to Colorado Springs over the weekend.

Strategic mitigation work along a ridgeline above Lower Gold Camp Road aims to slow fire spread and buy time for evacuations ...

UCCS associate professor Christine Biermann discusses the ways that fire shapes the natural environment and how human ...

Starting this year, Colorado is the first Western state after California with a statewide, mandatory building code for ...

Officials lifted evacuation orders for the Hammer fire near Hanover as it continued to burn without harming structures or people on Thursday. Firefighting crews across the region continued to battle ...

The U.S. Wildland Fire Service will improve decision-making and operational efficiency, supporting Colorado's efforts to ...

For years, there have been loud voices opposing the very tools that can help reduce catastrophic wildfire risk — strategic thinning, fuel reduction, forest clearing where appropriate, and prescribed ...

Wood chips can be seen flying in air as Jonathan Gay uses a chainsaw to cut a fallen Douglas Fir tree into smaller sections ...

As April rolls into May, Colorado finally seems to have fallen into its typical spring weather patterns after a record dry and hot March.

Whether 2026 becomes a historically severe fire year remains uncertain. But the conditions –environmental and institutional — are aligning in troubling ways.

Routt County emergency officials are continuing efforts to strengthen dispatch operations, improve wildfire evacuations and ...