Gold Hill and Jamestown elementary schools will be closed this week due to the wildfires in Boulder County. For more information, visit bvsd.org.
Oct
19
Oct
19
Highway 36 is now open from north Broadway to Neva Road. Please visit the Public Information Map for updated road closures, fire perimeter and evacuation status. boco.org/OEMinfomap
Oct
19
There have been some rumors circulating about an updated damage assessment for #CalWoodFire. There have been NO additions to the list from last night, but there is a clarification on three properties that were listed in Heil Valley Ranch. The same link from last night, Oct. 18, includes additional clarifying... read more →
Oct
19
Postal customers who live on Highway 7 between the Town of Lyons and Highway 72 may retrieve their mail at the Lyons Post Office, 305 Railroad Ave., Lyons. They are open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Residents that utilize the Ward and Jamestown post Offices may pick up their mail... read more →
Oct
19
A federal Type II Incident Management Team (Rocky Mountain Black) has taken over coordination of the CalWood and Lefthand Canyon fires as of 6 a.m. today, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The Boulder Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will continue to post information on all our platforms, including this BoulderOEM.com webpage,... read more →
Oct
18
A preliminary list* of damaged structures (which includes 26 homes) has been identified in the #CalWoodFire area by our damage assessment team. We anticipate that more buildings will be added to this list as the team gains access to additional areas impacted by the fire. We made an attempt to... read more →
Oct
18
The Boulder Reservoir is closed to all public uses. The site will serve as an operations center and campsite for firefighters. Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam has declared a local disaster emergency and issued and emergency order to this effect.
Oct
18
The current estimated size of the Lefthand Canyon Fire is 303 acres. The fire map has also been updated with the fire perimeter. It is available at: http://boco.org/OEMinfoMap
Oct
18
An evacuation order over NOAA weather radio was sent earlier. A copy of the intended, original message is below and when this hit a 3rd party provider called Alexa it consumed only small amount of the intended message and sent out a truncated emergency message to their subscribers. The message... read more →
Oct
18
Location of the fire is 14,000 block of Lefthand Canyon Drive. Size is roughly 5 acres. Evacuation Order, for the Town of Ward and the areas north of Ward, Gold hill and the 10,000 block of Lefthand Canyon Drive. Included in the evacuation order are residents of Spring Gulch Road... read more →