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Violent and property crimes decreased in Colorado in 2025, according to new data

Updated 8 hours ago

Violent and property crime rates in Colorado decreased significantly in 2025, according to data from the state’s public safety agency. The violent crime rate decreased...

Gov. Polis celebrates Colorado’s first-place education ranking by U.S. News

Updated 2 days ago

Colorado officials said they have something to celebrate this week, in addition to the state’s sesquicentennial birthday on Saturday. U.S. News & World Report on...

Denver weighs permanent restriction on low-level traffic stops

Updated 3 days ago

A Denver City Council committee is considering permanently limiting certain types of low-level traffic stops used to investigate unrelated crimes and requiring better public reporting...

Federal judge rejects constitutional claims, ‘expressions of hatred’ by Club Q defendant

Updated 3 days ago

A federal judge rejected a defendant’s claims that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel while facing federal hate crime and firearms charges for murdering...

Secret Service agent placed on administrative leave after arrest for near-deadly hazing ritual

Updated 3 days ago

Denver DA clears officer in April fatal shooting

Updated 1 week ago

Mike Huckabee: Mamdani is an ‘evil anti-Semite,’ not just ignorant, after Netanyahu arrest pledge

Updated 1 week ago

Multistate FBI-led operation nabs alleged cocaine traffickers from Colorado

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado drivers tap ‘Montana loophole’ to avoid high vehicle registration and tax costs

Updated 1 week ago

Operators of Aurora assisted-living home charged with mistreating patients

Updated 1 week ago

Employee of Aurora ICE detention facility arrested, accused of shooting protester

Updated 2 weeks ago

Judge removes Fremont County DA from murder case

Updated 2 weeks ago

Routt County DA’s office faces multiple investigations after it drops high-profile rape case

Updated 3 weeks ago

Gun groups sue Denver, Polis, Weiser and others over ‘assault’ weapons ban

Updated 3 weeks ago

Prosecutor plans to enter physical abuse evidence in Barry Morphew murder trial

Updated 3 weeks ago

The prosecutor in the Barry Morphew murder trial told a judge on Monday that she plans to introduce evidence of physical abuse in the couple’s...

Federal agents arrest ex-New York Mayor Eric Adams’s former chief of staff

Updated 1 month ago

Federal agents arrested former New York Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff as part of a wider corruption investigation, according to several outlets. Frank Carone,...

Missy Woods accepts plea deal, avoids trial on 102 felony counts

Updated 1 month ago

The former top Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist accused of altering and deleting DNA evidence in scores of criminal cases across the state for...

Municipal sentencing bill in Denver moves forward

Updated 1 month ago

The Denver City Council introduced legislation Monday aimed at aligning municipal penalties with state law to “stop criminalizing poverty.” The bill, which was heavily revised...

After prison release, Tina Peters faces tight parole limits, ongoing legal troubles

Updated 2 months ago

Advocates tout new Colorado law targeting child exploitation

Updated 2 months ago

Arvada woman charged with murder after her teen daughter dies from alcohol abuse

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado Democrats slam Tina Peters’ release, while Republicans cheer

Updated 2 months ago

Tina Peters speaks out after release from Colorado prison

Updated 2 months ago

‘I thought I was gonna die;’ JeffCo teen shot in face recounts shooting during trial

Updated 2 months ago

Former state Senate candidate arrested in Colorado Springs murder

Updated 2 months ago

How a CU Boulder law school program helped free a Denver man after 27 years in ‘shaken baby’ murder case

Updated 2 months ago

Aurora communication policy changes raise concerns for public safety, press freedom

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months 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 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

A Colorado bill that supporters say would strengthen victim protections and mandate law enforcement training on how trauma can affect survivors of sex crimes and...