Wildfire activity picked up in Colorado over the weekend, with the Elk Fire consuming more than 2,000 acres since lightning sparked it on Aug. 1, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office.

Few states require building with fire-resistant materials, but some in the Mountain West are in the process of changing that.

Colorado has warmed more than four degrees Fahrenheit, which notably surpasses pre-industrial levels due to global increases ...

Gov. Jared Polis has declared a state of emergency. Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires ...

(Bloomberg) -- Utility Xcel Energy Inc. agreed to pay about $640 million to resolve claims that its power lines contributed to the 2021 ignition of the costliest wildfire in Colorado history, averting ...