When La Plata County in southwestern Colorado needed a director of emergency management in 2021, they found a winner in ...

Neighbors in Galeton gathered for a community meeting Thursday to learn about the well control incident that occurred Sunday.

One person was injured after a “well control incident” at a Chevron oil and gas facility northeast of Greeley that prompted ...

Residents in Galeton, Weld County, about an hour's drive north of Denver, were ordered to evacuate late on Sunday night and Galeton Elementary School closed for Monday. The evacuation order, first ...

WELD COUNTY, Colo — Five days after an oil well incident near Galeton in northern Colorado, the well is sealed but residents ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — An inspector from South Metro Fire Rescue noted it didn’t seem as if a Centennial assisted living home ...

The evacuation order, first reported by CBS ... DataWrapper/Newsweek Galeton Fire, Colorado State Patrol, Weld County Sheriff's Deputies, Office of Emergency Management, Public Works, Eaton ...

When La Plata County in southwestern Colorado needed a director ... will participate in mock evacuations, responding to an alert as if cataclysmic fire were the real thing. Under Legarza’s ...

When La Plata County in southwestern Colorado needed a director of emergency management in 2021, they found a winner in Shawna Legarza. An experienced firefighter, her career has spanned battling big ...

A co-worker, Emily Spencer ... booths offering resources for the public. It ends with an evacuation drill after make-believe fire alerts are broadcast on the county’s emergency system.

Residents of Weld County, Colorado, have been ordered to evacuate due to an oil and gas-related incident. Galeton Elementary School will be closed on Monday.