Katie Langford

Katie is a lifelong Coloradan and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2014. Currently a freelance journalist, she joined the Daily Camera in 2019 and covered the University of Colorado system, CU Boulder and higher education in Boulder County until 2021.

Aaran Krings looks over the charred back of his mother’s property, including the remains of a chicken coop where her prized Christmas decorations were stored, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Beulah, Colo. Krings mother, who has stage four lung cancer, is staying in Pueblo until he can get the home, which was not lost in the fire, in a better state. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Colorado wildfires: New evacuations for Elk fire near Lake City, east of Gold Mountain fire

July 15, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

Mandatory evacuations were lifted Tuesday as crews gained containment on the Green Ridge fire burning near Steamboat Springs, according to Routt County officials.

A helitanker takes off with water from the dip site at Red Cliff Ranch while fighting the Aspen Acres fire on Friday, July 10, 2026, in Beulah, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Colorado wildfires: New Aspen Acres fire evacuations in Huerfano County; Steamboat deploys snowmaking guns as precaution

July 14, 2026 at 1:02 p.m.

Huerfano County officials ordered mandatory evacuations because of the Aspen Acres fire on Tuesday morning while more displaced Pueblo County residents were allowed to return home for the first time...

Lacie Laca, right, describes where her bunk used to be at the burned down historic Horseshoe Lodge and Pavilion, while visiting the site with her father, Beulah Fire Department Capt. Tom Laca, while visiting the lodge on Friday, July 10, 2026, in Beulah. Lacie was a 4H member and later a camp councilor at the lodge that burned in the Aspen Acres fire. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Aspen Acres fire was a ‘monster’ that ate anything in its path, Colorado fire officials say

July 11, 2026 at 12:23 p.m.

“It was a monster, and the monster ate anything in its path,” Beulah Fire Department spokesperson Jill Laca said. “You can’t stand in front of that.”

The Aspen Acres fire burns north of Beulah on Sunday, July 5, 2026. (Photo provided by Aspen Acres Fire Information/Ernest Prax)

Colorado wildfires: 851 structures lost in Aspen Acres fire, blaze is 28% contained

July 11, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

Thunderstorms brought rain to several fires, but it wasn't enough to change conditions dramatically for fire crews. More hot, dry weather is expected this weekend.

Sunset on a lake in Grand Mesa National Forest. (Provided by Karen Lejeal)

Bear-scavenged human remains found in Colorado national forest

July 10, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

Colorado law enforcement are investigating a person's death in a national forest after finding human remains that had been eaten by a bear near a picnic area on the Grand...

Homes and property at Mountain Shadows Mobile Estates were damaged by the heat and flames of the Aspen Acres Fire in recent days as the fire continued to burn on Monday, July 6, 2026, in Colorado City. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado wildfires: Fires burn more than 290 square miles, nearly twice the size of Denver

July 8, 2026 at 7:32 a.m.

Aspen Acres fire, Colorado's largest active wildfire, jumped several thousand acres, spurred on by windy afternoon thunderstorms to consume more than 93,000 acres, or 145 square miles.

A man stands outside a home along State Highway 78 as the Aspen Acres Fire continues to burn on Thursday, July 2, 2026, near Beulah. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado wildfires burn 208 square miles as state braces for hot, dry Fourth of July

July 2, 2026 at 7:34 p.m.

Five wildfires continued to burn across Colorado on Thursday, threatening thousands of homes and buildings as state leaders braced for an increase in hot, dry and windy weather that could...

The Aspen Acres fire engulfs a hillside near Beulah, Colo., on Monday, June 29, 2026. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

Colorado wildfires destroy more than 100 structures, force more evacuations

July 1, 2026 at 5:47 a.m.

Fire crews gained some containment on one of five wildfires burning across Colorado on Tuesday, while others forced more people to evacuate their homes.

The Willow fire burns in the San Isabel National Forest on Monday, June 29, 2026. (Photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service)

Colorado wildfires: More mandatory evacuations ordered in Aspen Acres fire near Pueblo

June 30, 2026 at 6:24 p.m.

Large wildfires burning across southern and western Colorado continued to spread on Tuesday, together scorching nearly 90,000 acres -- roughly 140 square miles.

A police vehicle is parked outside Davis Mortuary in Pueblo, Colo., on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Investigators discovered human remains as old as 15 years at the business operated by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter. (Photo by Mike Sweeney/Special to The Denver Post)

Colorado mortuary owners accused of hiding decomposing bodies arrested on hundreds of felony charges

June 25, 2026 at 4:06 p.m.

Davis Mortuary owners Chris and Brian Cotter, suspected of storing decomposing bodies in a hidden back room of their Pueblo mortuary for over a decade, were arrested Thursday morning, the...

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