State testing flagged stretches of Tybee, Jekyll and St. Simons beaches for elevated enterococci. Regulators have opened a public‑comment window while they draft cleanup targets.

State officials warned smoke from western wildfires could push ozone into the northern Front Range and declared an Ozone Action Day.

The Dry Creek Fire burned roughly 287 acres south of Rifle on June 23, prompting mandatory evacuations and a shelter at the Garfield County Fairgrounds.