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While more than 37,000 people escaped the Marshall Fire last year, the chaos that ensued prompted an overhaul of how these communities evacuate.

Homeowners in Boulder County are finally starting to rebuild, nine months after the Marshall Fire devastated the area. Many residents are constructing their new homes using fire-resistant techniques.

Experts at Colorado's mental hospital say the man charged with killing 10 people at a supermarket last year remains mentally incompetent to stand trial. Their findings about the mental health of 23-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa were disclosed during a short court hearing Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration says four people died in a small plane crash Sunday in the foothills west of Boulder, Colorado. The FAA preliminary report Monday says the cause of the crash was unknown.

Six months have passed since the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County. A few rebuilding permits have been issued but most fire survivors are nowhere near ready to move back in.

Beavers create messy wetlands as safe places to live, and a new paper explains how their engineering is also a powerful tool in fending off the harms of climate change. Their dams, channels and ponds have positive side effects that reduce the damage caused by flood, drought and wildfire.

A former FEMA director and Boulder County officials are pointing fingers, blaming one another for Marshall Fire cleanup delays. Debris removal was supposed to start on March 1, but has yet to begin. Residents who lost their homes are worried that these delays will slow down the rebuilding process.

As COVID-19 cases surge across the state, driven by the omicron variant, Boulder County health officials are dealing with both the ongoing pandemic and health impacts from the Marshall Fire. Camille Rodriguez, executive director of Boulder County Public Health, joins Colorado Edition to talk about how the county is handling these simultaneous issues.

President Joe Biden set out Friday to comfort Colorado residents grappling with rebuilding homes and businesses that were destroyed last week by a rare wind-whipped, winter fire that burned through a pair of heavily populated suburbs between Denver and Boulder.

Damage assessments released on Saturday afternoon totaled 991 homes and businesses destroyed and another 127 structures damaged in the Marshall Fire. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said three people have now been reported missing.