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🌱 What Dove Creek residents need to know about tonight’s Ferris Fire meeting

Dove Creek, Colorado Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi Dove Creek! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Dove Creek residents need to know about tonight’s Ferris Fire meeting

Today's riddle: Why do some employees hide as soon as they arrive at work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Warm; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 94 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 93, low: 57.
  • Saturday: Hazy sun and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ferris Fire grows nearly 6,000 acres, triggers more evacuations as extreme fire behavior continues (kkco11news.com) — Dove Creek residents are being urged to attend a 6 p.m. community meeting at the Dolores County Public Service Center as the Ferris Fire expands and triggers more evacuations nearby. Firefighters are reinforcing containment lines around Bradfield Bridge, Dolores Canyon, and surrounding zones while aircraft bombard hot spots. Critical fire weather with heat, wind, and dry lightning is expected to persist this week.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Dolores

  • Ferris fire: Fire forces late-night evacuations in southwest Colorado (cpr.org)
  • Monsoon rains are on the horizon, experts say. Will they arrive soon enough to dampen fire risk? (coloradosun.com)
  • Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire grows to 96,000 acres, new evacuations issued for Ferris fire (fresnobee.com)

Cortez

  • Montezuma County bison rancher to provide meat to Cortez food pantries (the-journal.com)
  • Hunter Lawrence overtakes brother for overall points lead after Fourth of July win (the-journal.com)
  • Cortez Public Library digs into dinosaur-themed summer reading (ksjd.org)

Ok Dove Creek! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Good employees are hard to find! (Thank you Patricia P. for sending it in!)
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