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55 firefighters are currently fighting the Black Fire in the Gila National Forest and additional resources have been ordered.

Under Stage 2 restrictions, watering days are the same as under Stage 1, but the period...

The City Council has reauthorized Stage 2 of the Water Conservation Ordinance, meaning residents may run sprinklers only twice weekly until November.

The fading hours of daylight may suggest that we are in the heart of autumn and moving towards winter.

The fading hours of daylight may suggest that we are in the heart of autumn and moving towards winter.

The fading hours of daylight may suggest that we are in the heart of autumn and moving towards winter.

The fading hours of daylight may suggest that we are in the heart of autumn and moving towards winter.

Visitors walk back to the shuttle as rain falls over the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area in Aspen on Thursday, June 24, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) Cooler temperatures and ongoing rain showers have convinced local and federal fire officials to drop from Stage 2 to Stage 1 fire restrictions at 12:01 a.m. Friday. The easing on restrictions was coordinated by the White River National Forest and the Colorado River Valley field office of the Bureau of Land Management as well as Pitkin, Eagle...

Homes in a village near Mammoth Creek have been evacuated as a wildfire east of Cedar City grew to 566 acres overnight, authorities say.

Speaking to reporters earlier this week, Interim Health Authority Dr. Mark Escott spelled out Austins start to the new year in no uncertain terms: "It appears we are going to enter 2021 in a state of emergency," said Escott at a Dec. 28 press conference. "In the next several weeks, we may run out of hospital beds, we may run out of ICU beds, and it could happen a lot sooner than that – as early as a week to two weeks from now." The dire warning is one of many from local health officials amid...