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Aspen Acres fire destroys 850 structures, including 254 homes in Pueblo County
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The Aspen Acres fire has destroyed about 850 structures, making it among the most destructive in state history, fire officials said Friday. Firefighters count all structures lost in a fire, including barns and sheds, while county officials have focused on...
Routt County DA’s office faces multiple investigations after it drops high-profile rape case
Jenny Deam
jenny.deam@gazette.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Routt County’s district attorney and deputy district attorney are now under increasing scrutiny on multiple fronts for their handling of the alleged drugging, rape and strangulation of a nationally ranked cross-country skier. The fallout from their decision not to prosecute...
Aurora sees ‘incredible compliance’ on water restrictions from residential users, less from commercial users
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Aurora Water has issued more than 1,750 warnings in three months In the three months since the Aurora City Council passed a Stage 1 drought declaration and watering restrictions, Aurora Water is seeing “incredible compliance” from residential properties. But the...
Colorado partners with tech organization to simplify tax filing process
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Colorado is partnering with the tech nonprofit Code For America to make its free tax-filing program for low-income residents more accessible, Gov. Jared Polis announced this week. According to Polis, the partnership will make the SimpleFile tool, which helps taxpayers...
Gov. Polis outlines vision for Colorado’s higher ed, workforce development
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
Gov. Jared Polis spoke with the Colorado Commission for Higher Education on Friday about his vision for the future of the state’s higher education and workforce training programs, telling the commission that the state needs to do a better job...
Federal judge postpones CU regent’s request to lift censure restrictions
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
A federal judge on Thursday canceled an upcoming hearing to decide whether to block the restrictions the University of Colorado’s governing body has placed on one of its members, indicating that he would instead pivot to the defendants’ motion to...
Appeals court reverses ‘particularly brutal’ sex assault convictions due to flawed warrant
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a Jefferson County defendant’s sexual assault and kidnapping convictions last month after concluding that police relied on an unconstitutionally broad search warrant to obtain evidence from the man’s cell phone. Jurors convicted Joseph Gabriel Van Eck...
Trump wrote instructions for massive bombing campaign if he’s assassinated by Iran
David Zimmermann
david-zimmermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 12 hours ago
President Donald Trump said he “left instructions” for a massive bombing campaign against Iran in the event he’s assassinated by the Islamic regime. “I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing with,” he told the...
Denver won’t see budget reductions, but mayor’s office says city will need to ‘get creative’ in 2027
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Last year, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston characterized the 2026 budget as cut “to the bone.” But if there is nothing left to cut without affecting core services, as he warned the Denver City Council, what exactly changes in 2027? Not...
Many U.S. Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, poll finds
The Associated Press
the-associated-press@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON • Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The survey from The Associated...