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Thornton police investigating homicide

Updated 13 hours ago

Police in Thornton are investigating a homicide that happened late Wednesday night. Thornton Police Department officers responded just before 11 p.m. near the intersection of...

3 arrested after money laundering, motor vehicle theft investigation in Colorado Springs

Updated 1 day ago

Colorado Springs police arrested three people during the execution of an arrest warrant related to accusations of money laundering, motor vehicle theft, identity theft and...

Colorado ski resorts announce early closures amid historic snowpack lows, high temperatures

Updated 1 day ago

As Colorado’s historically low snowpack year comes to a close and spring conditions take over the mountains, the state’s major ski resorts are announcing closing...

Pueblo man held in Afghanistan for more than a year released, Taliban says

Updated 2 days ago

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign ministry saying the release...

Guilt by association: Former Jeffco teacher claims district wrongfully terminated her

Updated 2 days ago

Denver airport hasn’t had notice ICE agents will assist TSA yet. Wait times are short, though

Updated 3 days ago

It’s time to let unaffiliated voters caucus | Vince Bzdek

Updated 6 days ago

Highway 115 fire blows up, road closed south of Colorado Springs

Updated 1 week ago

Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers

Updated 1 week ago

Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR

Updated 1 week ago

Senate panel advances bill to tighten Colorado sports betting rules amid youth addiction concerns

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado, other states oppose proposal to require EV chargers be made with 100% domestic components

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado voters will decide whether transgender students can join girls’ sports

Updated 1 week ago

Hacked crosswalks in Denver sound anti-Trump messages

Updated 1 week ago

3,800 Colorado workers are on strike at JBS, one of the largest meatpacking plants in the US

Updated 2 weeks ago

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives...

The Turnberry tension: Adams County lawsuit highlights questions around metro districts

Updated 2 weeks ago

Homeowners of a small neighborhood in Commerce City remain confused and irate about the future of their property taxes in the aftermath of a lawsuit...

What are metro districts?

Updated 2 weeks ago

Created by the Special District Act of 1981 by the Colorado General Assembly, metro districts are quasi-governmental entities that didn’t really start showing up until...

Jeffco Public Schools found in violation of Title IX

Updated 2 weeks ago

Civil rights office: Male students occupy 61 roster positions on girls’ sports teams The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday that the Jeffco Public Schools...

Xcel Energy: Power shutoff ‘likely’ Saturday in Boulder, Jefferson counties

Updated 2 weeks ago

High winds force closures of I-25 and I-70, overturned semi-trucks, flight delays, power outages

Updated 2 weeks ago

This winter was Colorado’s warmest on record

Updated 2 weeks ago

Department of Agriculture warns of packages holding potentially invasive seeds

Updated 2 weeks ago

U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado’s energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses

Updated 2 weeks ago

Trump appoints Erika Kirk to Air Force Academy board

Updated 2 weeks ago

JBS beef plant workers in Greeley to strike next week, union said

Updated 2 weeks ago

Fort Carson-based soldier killed in Iranian attack

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado joins multi-state call to keep ICE away from polling locations

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado health equity funder’s redirection debated

Updated 3 weeks ago

Redistricting scheme would give Colorado Democrats seven House members, split El Paso County | Bob Loevy

Updated 3 weeks ago

A proposed redistricting plan, which could give Colorado seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives and only one Republican, would split El Paso...

Democrats eye new taxes on alcohol, marijuana to fund Colorado mental health spending

Updated 3 weeks ago

Facing hundreds of millions in budget shortfall, Colorado lawmakers are searching for ways to fund mental health services in a state that, advocates say, has...

Hopes and fears: Colorado Iranians speak out on widening war

Updated 3 weeks ago

Group talks about young people protesting against the Islamic Republic, and Reza Pahlavi and the monarchy When Denver area real estate agent Fara Novin dined...

Colorado legislators push dozen-plus energy bills amid debate over emissions goals | ANALYSIS

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado legislators have introduced more than a dozen energy-related bills this year that highlight the sharp partisan split over how aggressively the state should pursue...