SOUTH FORK — Wildfires spread to an estimated 66,200 acres Saturday in spruce-beetle-ravaged forests, continuing to imperil tourist towns on the west edge of Colorado’s San Luis Valley.

View from Hwy 160 and Hwy 149 in South Fork. Photo: Colorado State Patrol/Alamosa. June 21, 2013 West Fork Complex. Photo by Pike Hotshots. June 21, 2013 ...

In the April 26 special election, the city is asking voters to consider annexing into South County Fire — or, as the ballots say, “South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue Regional Fire Authority.” ...