Colorado Hometown Weekly

The smoke isn’t expected to settle any time soon, with “critical fire weather conditions” — that is, hot, dry and windy — set to plague Colorado each day this week, potentially spurring wildfire growth.

Colorado wildfires: ‘Critical fire weather conditions’ to spur wildfire growth

Large wildfires burning across southern and western Colorado continued to spread on Tuesday, together scorching nearly 85,000 acres — roughly 133 square miles.

Colorado wildfires: Uncontained fires scorch nearly 85,000 acres, ‘critical fire weather’ forecast

Firefighters are responding to a grass fire that sparked along U.S. 36 near Boulder on Monday afternoon.

Grass fire sparks along U.S. 36 near Boulder

“We were at maximum capacity in our labs before; we can now accommodate an additional 400 students, allowing room for us to continue to grow our program moving forward,” said Chris Marelli, director of the general chemistry teaching labs.

CU Boulder chemistry labs open after $33.5 million renovation