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Under fire from legislators and critics, Colorado’s top Medicaid official resigns

Updated 20 hours ago

Colorado’s top Medicaid official stepped down on Monday, just as a bipartisan bloc of state senators prepared to formally urge Gov. Jared Polis to remove...

Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems

Updated 2 days ago

A downed power line in Sunshine Canyon in the mountains west of Boulder in December posed an electrocution risk to firefighters and bystanders after Xcel...

Aurora wildland fire contained at Buckley Space Force Base

Updated 2 days ago

A wildland fire burned Sunday morning on the southwest end of Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, authorities said. The fire no longer posed a...

Unsustainable: How Colorado’s Medicaid spending exploded

Updated 2 days ago

The state’s Medicaid program — which covers about one in four Coloradans — is poised for its largest single-year jump in at least two decades,...

‘No Kings’ protest draws tens of thousands to Colorado state Capitol

Updated 3 days ago

Jeffco adopts updates to wildfire resiliency code

Updated 4 days ago

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

Updated 4 days ago

Boulder police investigate sexual assault, ‘drugging’ at bar near CU

Updated 4 days ago

‘Civility in the City’ event with two national experts to be held Monday at UCCS

Updated 5 days ago

Thornton police investigating homicide

Updated 5 days ago

Denver residents question funding, local transport aspects of Front Range Passenger Rail

Updated 6 days ago

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

Updated 6 days ago

CDOT pivots from snowplowing to wildfire mitigation along highways

Updated 7 days ago

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

Updated 7 days ago

Former Jeffco teacher claims district wrongfully terminated her

Updated 7 days ago

Courtney Capek claims her career was completely altered by the actions of another. The Lakewood native returned to the school she graduated from, Green Mountain...

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

Updated 1 week ago

As President Donald Trump deployed immigration agents to help U.S. airports manage hours‑long security lines during the partial government shutdown, Denver International Airport remained relatively...

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

Updated 1 week ago

There’s no getting around it: Colorado’s 3,000 county caucuses, which just wrapped up recently, left half the electorate out in the cold. Since unaffiliated voters...

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

A fast-moving fire burning along Colorado 115 south of Colorado Springs blew the containment line Thursday, spreading farther east onto Fort Carson and scorching nearly...

Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers

Updated 2 weeks ago

Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR

Updated 2 weeks ago

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

Hacked crosswalks in Denver sound anti-Trump messages

Updated 2 weeks ago

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

What are metro districts?

Updated 2 weeks ago

Jeffco Public Schools found in violation of Title IX

Updated 3 weeks ago

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

Updated 3 weeks ago

Up to 43,000 residents in parts of Boulder and Jefferson counties should be prepared to have their power shut off Saturday afternoon, Xcel Energy said....

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

Updated 3 weeks ago

High winds, warm temperatures and dry conditions have meteorologists sounding the alarm across much of Colorado on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know. Red...

This winter was Colorado’s warmest on record

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado just had its warmest winter on record, while the Denver metro area had its second-warmest, according to meteorologists and National Weather Service data. Data...

Department of Agriculture warns of packages holding potentially invasive seeds

Updated 3 weeks ago

Spring planting is around the corner, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture wants residents to know where their seeds are coming from. Officials with the...