evacuations

Fire staff worked with Jackson County and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to evacuate dispersed campers on Independence Mountain late Tuesday.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 900 prisoners at a state prison southwest of Colorado Springs. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Adrienne Jacobson said Wednesday the prisoners from the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility were taken to other prisons around the Front Range overnight...

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — Residents evacuated by a 400-acre fire burning west of Pinedale are being allowed back home. Fire managers were letting residents return Thursday night. The Chall Creek Fire, which started Sunday, is 30 percent contained...

After a good weekend of fighting the Sheep Herder Hill fire, Emergency Management and fire management has lifted most evacuation orders surrounding the fire and is now allowing landowners and residents back on the mountain. According to Public Information Officer Andy Lyon, beginning at 9AM September 17th residents and landowners, with proof of residency and ownership, will be allowed to access th

The K2 Radio News team is tracking the Sheep Herder Hill Fire and is your source for up-to-the-minute information from local, state and federal emergency responders.

UPTON, Wyo. (AP) — One house burned and dozens of others were evacuated as a wildfire burned through the town of Upton in northeastern Wyoming. State Forester Bill Crapser says no one was injured in the fire that started Tuesday afternoon southeast of Upton...

A look at the Wyoming fires from space