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Poll: Colorado voters oppose legalizing prostitution, support suspending wolf reintroduction

Updated 18 hours ago

A majority of Colorado residents — 61% — oppose legalizing prostitution in the state, an idea that lawmakers floated earlier in the legislative session before...

Aurora lawmakers unanimously pass water shortage declaration, watering restrictions

Updated 2 days ago

Aurora City Council members unanimously passed a Stage I Water Shortage declaration in Monday night’s meeting, putting restrictions on outdoor water use starting immediately. The...

Appeals Court rules Douglas County violated open meeting laws

Updated 3 days ago

The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that Douglas County Commissioners violated Colorado open meeting laws in a series of closed meetings leading up to the...

Former Parker police sergeant arrested for unlawful sexual conduct

Updated 3 days ago

A former Parker Police Department sergeant was arrested Friday after being charged with multiple counts of “unlawful sexual conduct,” according to department officials on Monday....

Aurora City Council to vote on water restrictions as metro area faces water supply woes

Updated 5 days ago

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

Updated 6 days ago

Relaunched Lakewood Navigation Center offers shelter, resources

Updated 6 days ago

Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant

Updated 7 days ago

Colorado National Guard members deployed to the Middle East

Updated 7 days ago

Douglas County task force targets development regulations

Updated 7 days ago

Colorado justices accept appeals on Netflix taxation, children pursuing neglect cases

Updated 7 days ago

Letecia Stauch murder conviction in stepson Gannon’s death overturned by Colorado appeals court

Updated 7 days ago

Denver promised every school funding from $1B bond — but campuses later closed received far less | Analysis

Updated 1 week ago

Hands-free law credited with preventing 600 crashes and 6 deaths in Colorado

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado Springs, other front Range cities oppose proposal to permit lot‑splitting

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado lawmakers are pressing ahead with a plan to let homeowners split their lots to make room for smaller, less expensive houses — a proposal...

Hegseth features Fort Carson soldiers after returning from Middle East, gives warning on Iran war

Updated 1 week ago

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday the next few days in the war against Iran would be decisive and warned Tehran that the conflict would intensify...

Denver Council narrowly approves deal with Axon

Updated 1 week ago

After weeks of delay, the Denver City Council narrowly approved a one-year $150,000 contract with Axon for 50 automated license plate-reading cameras and the necessary...

Aurora homeless shelter opened too early, CEO says, as mold and plumbing issues emerge

Updated 1 week ago

Aurora’s largest homeless services project launched “way too early,” its CEO told city leaders Tuesday, saying the rushed opening left residents living amid mold, plumbing...

Gov. Polis declares April ‘dig safely month’ to mark 40th anniversary of Colorado 811

Updated 1 week ago

Federal judge dismisses U.S. government lawsuit against Colorado, Denver’s ‘sanctuary’ laws

Updated 1 week ago

Lakewood zoning canvasser accused of stealing opposition material

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado legislators drove up cost of Medicaid program

Updated 1 week ago

A perfect storm: Pine beetles thriving following warm, dry winter in Colorado

Updated 1 week ago

Newly formed PAC promises a stronger voice for southern Colorado businesses

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado auto thefts drop 56% from 2021 levels

Updated 1 week ago

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

Updated 1 week ago

Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems

Updated 2 weeks ago

Aurora wildland fire contained at Buckley Space Force Base

Updated 2 weeks ago

Unsustainable: How Colorado’s Medicaid spending exploded

Updated 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

The third round of the national No Kings Day protests hit Denver Saturday, when tens of thousands gathered near the Colorado state Capitol to criticize...

Jeffco adopts updates to wildfire resiliency code

Updated 2 weeks ago

Jefferson County is one of the most at-risk counties for wildfires in the country, and the board of commissioners is attempting to lessen the danger....

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

The Boulder Police Department is investigating reports of sexual assault and “suspected drugging” involving underage girls at a bar. There may be additional victims who...