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Tina Peters thanks Polis for shortening her sentence, calls Colorado Democrats’ censure a ‘travesty’

Updated 2 days ago

Two days after the Colorado Democratic Party formally condemned Gov. Jared Polis over his decision last week to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence for tampering...

Colorado Democrats launch petition to censure Gov. Jared Polis for releasing Tina Peters

Updated 5 days ago

Hundreds of Democrats, including party officials and current and former legislators, have signed a petition urging their party to formally censure Gov. Jared Polis over...

Colorado county Republican chair arrested in sting on allegations he tried to pay for sex with a child

Updated 1 week ago

Hunter Rivera, the 24-year-old chairman of the Weld County Republican Party, was one of two men arrested Thursday on suspicion of trying to buy sex...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, makes her eligible for release from prison

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted clemency to Tina Peters and made the former Republican county clerk eligible for release from state prison as...

Colorado legislators pass bill that sponsors say would strengthen sex crime victim protections

Updated 1 week ago

3 protesters face charges following demonstration in east Colorado Springs

Updated 3 weeks ago

Dismissal sought in Michael Clark’s second trial

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado Springs family released from Texas ICE facility following judge’s order

Updated 1 month ago

Inmates will get $100, 30-day bus pass upon release under this Colorado proposal

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado lawmakers advance bill to tackle Colorado’s prison capacity issues

Updated 1 month ago

Residents want more police presence after deadly north Denver shootings

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado House committee advances Democratic bill to reduce penalties for ‘extreme indifference’ murder

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado becomes first state to ban arrests solely based on field drug test results

Updated 1 month ago

Former Parker police sergeant arrested for unlawful sexual conduct

Updated 2 months ago

Bill to accelerate police access to online data clears Colorado committee

Updated 2 months ago

A proposal to speed up law enforcement’s access to social media data is advancing in the Colorado Legislature, drawing testimony from the residents of Evergreen,...

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

Updated 2 months ago

An El Paso County woman convicted of killing her stepson in 2020, shoving his body in a suitcase, then dumping it in Florida, is getting...

Colorado auto thefts drop 56% from 2021 levels

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado once ranked as the worst state in the nation for motor vehicle thefts per capita in 2021. The state has since seen a dramatic...

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

Updated 2 months 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...

Thornton police investigating homicide

Updated 2 months ago

Denver’s violent crime has dropped — but not everywhere in the city

Updated 2 months ago

With jails overcrowding, Gov. Jared Polis asks for new prisons as lawmakers face budget shortfall

Updated 2 months ago

Overdose deaths from opioids dip in America — but not in Colorado, study says

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado prostitution decriminalization bill shelved after sponsor says it lacks votes

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ignites fierce debate after raising clemency questions in Tina Peters case

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado lawmakers tackle legislation on sexual assault

Updated 3 months ago

Morgan County man accused of killing wife, staging her suicide charged with first-degree murder

Updated 3 months ago

Ex-Colorado Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis avoids prison, gets probation for forged ethics letters

Updated 3 months ago

Toll to sexual assault survivors rises if they feel blamed and disbelieved

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado rape cases rarely result in an arrest and prosecution

Updated 3 months ago

Authorities say they are especially difficult cases. In Colorado, most go nowhere. Over the past decade, for every 10 reports of rape, there is only...

Colorado legislators, prosecutors clash over proposal to limit access to third-party data

Updated 3 months ago

A coalition of Colorado lawmakers is pushing to prohibit the police from purchasing personal consumer data without a warrant, setting up a clash with prosecutors...

State audit: Rape kit backlog reduced but more work needed to hit goal

Updated 3 months ago

In the past year, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has slashed the time it takes to process DNA collected in sexual assault cases, but the...

Judge: CBI ordered to provide access to thousands of DNA cases

Updated 3 months ago

Boulder County District Judge Nancy W. Salomone on Monday ordered the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to provide access to thousands of cases where past DNA...