The Dead Dog Fire burning along the Rio Blanco and Moffat county border in western Colorado has grown to nearly 18,000 acres.
Winds gusting to 70 miles per hour Monday caused the fire to rapidly grow to 5,000 acres and led to evacuations in the area. Evacuation orders were later lifted. Wind continuing Tuesday helped more than triple the size of the blaze, which is located north of Rangely.
Winds of more than 70 miles per hour at times pushed the Dead Dog Fire 10, located miles north of Rangely, to more than 5,000 acres today. U.S. Highway 40 has been reopened, and an evacuation of Blue Mountain has been lifted.
Rio Blanco County Road 1 and Moffat County Road 134 remain closed Monday night.
March 7, 1926 – June 1, 2017
Glaida Belle Peterson was born at home on March 7, 1926 that her parents, Julius and Koneta Peterson, referred to as “The Johnson Place.” Her Dad built an adobe house and they moved to their new home when mom was 15. Mom lived no more than 30 miles from where she was born her entire life!
KIOWA COUNTY
COMMISSIONER MEETING
JUNE 13, 2017 MEETING DATE
APPOINTMENTS:
“Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam; where the deer and the Antelope play, where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day…” That melody popped into my head as Lola Igou was driving me to Colorado Springs as we saw more antelopes grazing and running in the blue green pastures.
Two Fort Morgan men have been arrested due to their involvement in a December 2016 cattle theft.
A small earthquake struck southern Colorado early Sunday morning.
The quake, measuring 2.7 on the Richter Scale according to the United State Geological Survey, struck just before 3:00 a.m. It was located 26 miles east of San Luis in Costilla County, or 84 miles south of Pueblo, and occurred about three miles beneath the surface.
About 30 quakes have occurred in the state this year. Most of those earthquakes have struck in the western half of the state, including a series of 18 quakes over a 10-day period near Snowmass Village in Pitkin and Gunnison counties.
Fire crews are fighting three fires under Red Flag conditions in northwestern Colorado.
More than 40 firefighters, five engines, four heavy air tankers, six single engine air tankers, and a helicopter are working the 500-acre Hunter Fire about 20 miles southwest of Meeker. Smoke from this fire was visible Saurday afternoon from the Colorado River corridor and Craig. The fire was reported Saturday and is likely a hold-over from lightning several days ago. Oil and gas infrastructure is in the area. Firefighters do not have a containment estimate.
Though snow storms were still occurring in May, they seem like a distant memory as temperatures near 100 continue across the southeast plains of Colorado.
