KAREN BOSSICK For the Times-News Mar 26, 2015 Mar 26, 2015Updated Apr 1, 2016 0 1 of 2 ...

The 100-year-old lodge at the popular recreation destination remains closed as firefighters battle the Bench Lake Fire, which is at zero containment about 8 miles south of Stanley.

The human-caused fire quickly spread from 40 acres to almost 100, prompting the U.S. Forest Service to issue an emergency ...