The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Horror in a small town
We now know how events unfolded on a marijuana and vegetable farm outside of Norwood that led to the horrific deaths of two young girls last year.
But we’ll never understand why. Cult behavior rarely makes sense to anyone who isn’t steeped in the myth-making of a charismatic leader. The best we can do is try to understand what happened with the hope that future tragedy can be averted.
From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact
Bernard Mcghee
bernard.mcghee@associatedpress.com
Updated 2 hours ago
The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he...
Ben Campbell, former US senator from Colorado and advocate for Native American rights, dies at age 92
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who represented Colorado for two terms beginning in 1993 and was the first Native American elected to the chamber since the 1920s, died Tuesday, his family and close associates confirmed. He was 92. Campbell,...
A year of developments in the CBI forensic lab scandal
Jenny Deam
jenny-deam@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
As the scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic lab moved through its second year, a series of startling developments and revelations emerged with no clear end in sight and the full toll still unknown. At the heart of a scandal unlike any before in state history,...
Federal judge sides with Douglas County School District in ex-admin’s discrimination lawsuit
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
A federal judge concluded last week that a former high school administrator had not proven his claims of religious discrimination against the Douglas County School District. Corey McNellis had worked at Ponderosa High School since 2002 and served as the athletic...
Appeals court orders new menacing trial after faulty self-defense instruction
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court ordered a new trial last week for an El Paso County defendant convicted of felony menacing, concluding an erroneous self-defense instruction may have influenced the verdict. Under Colorado law, self-defense is an affirmative defense, meaning the prosecution...
Investment and innovation expected across the defense community in town
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
Investment and innovation are on the horizon for the defense community in Colorado Springs over the coming year. In December, the Missile Defense Agency selected 2,100 companies to compete for work on Golden Dome through a contract known as SHIELD...
Colorado eyes shift in particulate oversight amid EV push
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 22 hours ago
Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division proposed shifting oversight of solid particulates as small as one-seventh the width of a human hair from federal to state-only authority on Dec. 19, citing more than 20 years of compliance with national standards. The...
Saudi Arabia strikes Mukalla port over ‘extremely dangerous’ actions by ally UAE
Brady Knox, Washington Examiner
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Updated 22 hours ago
Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes targeting Emirati equipment unloading at the port of Mukalla in Yemen on Tuesday after accusing its ally of “extremely dangerous” actions, a major escalation in the war-torn nation. After weeks of high tensions following the Emirati-backed...
Trump’s latest funding cuts dampen bipartisan dealmaking in 2026
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner
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Updated 22 hours ago
Senate Republicans are optimistic about bipartisanship beyond healthcare next year, despite the looming midterm elections, but some of President Donald Trump’s latest actions could thwart the appetite for deal-making. The administration is dismantling a federal climate center and halting construction...
The 2026 battleground: Congress’s most vulnerable House and Senate seats
Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner
samantha-jo.roth.washington.examiner@gazetteedit.wpenginepowered.com
Updated 23 hours ago
With control of Congress expected to hinge on a narrow margin in 2026, a small group of House and Senate incumbents is already emerging as the most vulnerable lawmakers of the coming cycle. Both parties are already zeroing in on...
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The Pueblo Chieftain: Finding more prison space
The Colorado Department of Corrections has proposed using the vacant Huerfano County Correctional Facility in Walsenburg to ease overcrowding in the state prison system. State Sen. Larry Crowder, R-Alamosa, is in full support of reopening the Walsenburg prison and expects the legislative Joint Budget Committee to recognize the need for it. The budget committee recommended […]
Metro Republicans cheer Trump's State of the Union address at packed watch party
As far as the room full of Republicans packed inside the Tech Center brew pub was concerned, President Donald Trump was making the State of the Union great again. It was standing-room-only Tuesday night at a watch party attended by more than 100 metro-area Republicans, who took over a side room at the CB & […]