Simms Fire News Today

Editor's note: We are working on a more comprehensive story for this week's paper, but wanted to give readers some highlights of the

The Ouray County Plaindealer took home 19 awards last weekend from the four-state Top of the Rockies journalism contest, including five first-place prizes and an award for public service. The Plaindealer won the top number of awards among small newsrooms in a four-state region.

The federal government needs to take quick and decisive actions and work through regional, state and local partnerships to address the worsening drought and water conditions in Colorado and the West, a panel of water scientists and agriculturalists told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday.

The Simms Fire that burned 313 acres and three structures southwest of Montrose last month stemmed from a prescribed burn that got underway on May 16 and spread beyond its initial boundaries four days later, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday.

We continue to get good news from the Simms Fire southwest of Montrose.

An investigation has confirmed that a prescribed fire conducted by the U.S. Forest Service caused a wildfire that burned a home and two other structures some 15 miles southwest of

We continue to get good news from the Simms Fire southwest of Montrose.

Prescribed burns have been a source of tension this spring, with the U.S. Forest Service attributing the largest wildfire in New Mexico history in part to an escaped burn. Now, they are central to Col...

We continue to get good news from the Simms Fire southwest of Montrose.

We continue to get good news from the Simms Fire southwest of Montrose.