Colorado wildfires: Elk fire continues to grow in southwest part of state
As of Sunday morning, the Elk fire had burned an estimated 6,760 acres near Lake City and was 36% contained, according to fire officials.
As of Sunday morning, the Elk fire had burned an estimated 6,760 acres near Lake City and was 36% contained, according to fire officials.
Four people were injured Sunday in a head-on collision near East 100th Avenue and Riverdale Road, according to the Thornton Fire Department.
Jeffrey Epstein, accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring and sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, was found unresponsive in his New York City jail cell and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a weary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return.
The fatal crash happened Saturday evening near Tower Road and 69th Avenue in northeast Denver, police said.
Greeley police officers and firefighters responded to a grass fire near the U.S. 85 and U.S. 34 interchange shortly before 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
Another day of near-record temperatures is expected in Denver on Sunday amid heat advisories and air quality alerts, according to the National Weather Service.
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.
The overall death rate in Colorado improved in 2025, but overdoses, traffic accidents and deaths linked to frailty in older adults kept it above pre-pandemic levels.
Three months after Firestone’s last official board meeting, trustees remain divided over who is responsible for a quorum crisis that has stalled town business and intensified debate over the community’s future.