MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – The Turner Gulch wildfire continues to grow rapidly as the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests announced the immediate closure of the northern end ...

MY HEART SANK at the sight of my friend Avery's mountain bike, its wheels in the air, the handlebars resting in the hot, sandy soil of Colorado's Uncompahgre Plateau. Avery was fine—there'd been no ...

The Bureau of Land Management is advising the public to take extra care during this spring runoff season on area streams, particularly on the east side of the Uncompahgre Plateau, due to especially ...

On Sunday, the Bureau of Land Management and The Division of Fire Prevention Control responded to a 2-3 acre fire about 10 miles southwest of Montrose on the Uncompahgre Plateau. The Steel Canyon Fire ...

MONTROSE, Colo. — The Montrose County Sheriff's Office is trying to figure out what happened to dozens of cattle last seen grazing the Uncompahgre Plateau, southwest of Montrose. The sheriff's office ...

MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — Montrose County authorities are working to identify human remains found on the Uncompahgre Plateau over the weekend. County spokeswoman Katie Yergensen says hunters found the ...

April 8, 2025 Opinion: This fire-hardened, former Hotshot is prepping Durango for catastrophe April 3, 2025 Colorado to ask EPA to further downgrade northern Front Range’s air quality March 27, 2025 ...

Thanks to a tip to Colorado Parks and Wildlife from a concerned hunter, a Fruita man was found guilty of numerous charges of illegal big game hunting on the Uncompahgre Plateau. Melvin Weaver, 59, ...

MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – A trip trying to find the ideal Christmas tree ended with a Grand Junction couple being rescued by the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office and Posse. The husband and wife, ...

This year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will come from the Uncompahgre Plateau in the Ouray Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service, the agency says. In a fitting 2020 twist, the tree was selected ...

The body of Mary Finnegan, the 82-year-old Delta County woman who has been missing since July 15, was found Tuesday evening. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said a family member found her body off ...

(CBS) - A father and son were rescued after getting lost in Tuesday's snowstorm on Colorado's Western Slope. The snow hit earlier there than on the Front Range and dropped several inches. The Mesa ...