Rifle received a nice dusting of snow between Monday and Tuesday. There’s more to come, a weather specialist said. Grand Junction-based National Weather Service Meteorologist Scott Stearns said Tuesday morning that Rifle received close to.
Wednesday was an easier-than-some day extinguishing threats for Leif Sackett. Just a few small, potentially volatile brush fires on U.S. Highway 6 for the Colorado River Fire Rescue chief. “We’ve had multiple of those kinds.
The fire that consumed storage units, parked cars and portable bathrooms near Rifle on May 19 was caused by sparks flying from a grinder, an official said Tuesday.
The Colorado River Fire District and other responding agencies prevented a brush fire from spreading to an adjacent construction business near Silt on Monday, Chief Leif Sackett said. No injuries were reported.
We asked 18 area residents from the newly named Colorado Teacher of the Year and local government leaders to first responders, community organizers, health care professionals, a student and other personalities what they…