Summit County Wildfire News Today

Summit Fire & EMS recognized a Silverthorne resident for her neighborhood leadership on wildfire preparedness while also honoring its own members for public safety and life saving efforts. During the fire protection district’s three internal...

Incumbent Elisabeth Lawrence will retain her place on the Summit County Board of Commissioners. Lawrence will continue to represent District 1, which includes the town of Breckenridge. Lawrence, who ran as a Democrat, was first...

I am currently serving in my fourth year as Summit County commissioner, after having served on the Breckenridge Town Council as mayor pro tem and working as the director of community relations at The Summit...

Residents can attend three wildfire mitigation field trips, hosted by the Summit County Wildfire Council. Each highlights ways the 2018 Strong Futures Fund supports wildfire work, the council announced in a press release. People can...

A grass fire was sparked Sunday afternoon just off Interstate 80 near 7200 West in Salt Lake City. Smoke from the wildfire filled the Salt Lake area.

Breaking ground just last month, the Wapiti Commons Affordable Housing Community in Rifle is a great example of how collaborative partnerships can generate creative, win-win solutions for one of the most pressing issues facing our…

The evacuations for the Ptarmigan Fire in the upper Angler Mountain and the upper and lower Hamilton Creek neighborhoods will be lifted Thursday at 10 a.m., according to the Summit County sheriff.