The Colorado Department of Corrections said it has begun evacuating 179 individuals in custody from Rifle Correctional Center in response to the rapidly evolving Lee Fire in Rio Blanco County.

The Lee Fire, the biggest of three wildfires in northwest Colorado, spread to over 100,000 acres over night and forced ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) has begun evacuating inmates in response to the ...