Whitewater News

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- Construction is underway for a $6.2 million project involving Highway 50.

Fire officials said Tuesday that the blaze northwest of Fort Collins has grown as temperatures rise and the humidity drops, but it is growing in a direction away from homes.

Grand Valley Power tells KKCO that a tripped transformer from Xcel Energy caused three of their substations to loose power.

A lightning-caused wildfire that started on private land Friday grew to 100 acres this weekend and moved onto the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest, according to a news release from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management.