The Mesa County Board of Commissioners sent a letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis urging him to end the state's participation in the federal supplemental unemployment benefits.
Record-breaking heat is on the way to the Grand Junction area.
Boat ramps have been updated at Vega State Park in Mesa County to help prevent the spread of aquatic nusiance species.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) released a checklist to set up businesses for its 5-star program, a variance program designed to allow businesses to stay open under restrictive public health orders.
In just over three weeks, four fires in Colorado have burned about 190,000 acres, with no end in sight.
Colorado's fifth-largest fire in history has grown to nearly 75,000 acres. The Pine Gulch Fire in Mesa and Garfield counties is continuing to spread.
Colorado's Pine Gulch Fire in Mesa and Garfield counties has become the fifth-largest fire in the state's history.
More than 65,000 acres have burned in Garfield County, Colorado, since July 31, 2020.
Two fires buring in Garfield County, Colorado, have burned more than 45,000 acres, prompting road closures and evacuations.
Two fires in Colorado have burned over 31,000 acres in just over a week.
