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Boulder County residents whose homes burned down in the Marshall Fire are now dealing with the complicated aftermath of putting their lives back together. This process includes filing insurance claims, and sometimes compiling detailed inventories of belongings that were destroyed.

Sitting in front of a large computer monitor in the back of a Pilatus PC-12 airplane parked at the Centennial Airport, firefighter Adam Hanson says his work feels more important this year than it ever has before.

Bill Bruton is noticing some surprising changes in his mountain town nine months after the state’s second largest wildfire ripped through it, destroying more than 300 homes.

Amid the devastation from two of Colorado’s largest wildfires in history, recovery efforts are emerging. They're the beginning of what experts say is a complex, yearslong process.

Today on Colorado Edition: As coronavirus cases surge and counties ramp up health restrictions, we’ll explore the impact on schools, which are increasingly moving to fully remote learning. We also learn about an innovative way one community is helping holiday shoppers find local COVID-conscious businesses. We'll hear from a forestry expert about how this year’s record-breaking fire season could change the Colorado landscape, long-term. And, we talk with a Baltimore artist who created a touching tribute to Elijah McClain over the holiday weekend.

Many areas of Rocky Mountain National Park reopened Friday after being closed for two weeks after the East Troublesome Fire spread into the park.

The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office lifted evacuation orders near Colorado’s two largest active wildfires on Monday, ending weeks of uncertainty for many residents about when they could return home.

The Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest and Rocky Mountain National Park will remain closed this weekend, with no expected reopening date in the near future. With warm and dry weather in the forecast, there is still potential for new fires to start and existing ones to grow. The Cameron Peak, Cal-Wood and East Troublesome fires are still burning under the snow, and officials have recorded new smoke and visible flames from within the existing fire perimeters.

In the midst of a record-breaking fire season, and as two of the largest fires our state has ever seen continue to burn, KUNC’s Colorado Edition spoke with Mike Lester, state forester and director of the Colorado State Forest Service, about how Colorado’s forests are managed.

The deadly coronavirus adds new uncertainties, while a growing body of research shows significant and enduring health risks from wildfire smoke.