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As the sun set on the second day of the battle against the Alexander Mountain Fire in Northern Colorado, more than 5,000 acres of burning land were still not contained and multiple families and homeowners remained displaced following evacuations.
As the Alexander Mountain Fire west of Loveland grew by thousands of acres in less than 48 hours of burning, more than 3,000 different families have been displaced as the result of mandatory evacuations.
Some people in Northern Colorado watched the plume of smoke from the Alexander Mountain Wildfire grow and waited for possible evacuation orders.
Colorado residents who evacuated from the Alexander Mountain Fire are worried about their homes as the mandatory evacuation order remains in place.
Kristi Lehnert, owner of Colorado Cherry Company, says as soon as they saw the smoke from the Alexander Mountain Fire, they decided to close up shop and evacuate.
Kaysey Yoder, a 34-year-old mother of four, hasn't been seen since she left her Weld County home in January. When her mother got messages from someone purporting to be Yoder, her mom got suspicious.
A northern Colorado man is lucky to be alive after drowning in his apartment at the end of May. The man, a 62-year-old Greeley resident, was rescued by Greeley Fire Department firefighters at the end of May after a historic hail and rainstorm.
A summer camp in Estes Park is bringing children and law enforcement together through a week of team building and outdoor activities in the mountains.
Coloradans across the Front Range, especially in Northern Colorado, have noticed significantly more grasshoppers this year. Researchers with Colorado State University confirm there has been a spike in grasshoppers across the state.
As toxic blue-green algae blooms in the popular Windsor Lake in Northern Colorado, many visitors to the lake have ignored the lake's closure and jumped into the water anyway.
