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Denver auditor finds oversight failures in $175.6M 16th Street project

Updated 2 days ago

Surprise historic sewer discovery delayed completion a year, cost $18M The Denver Auditor recently found significant oversight and contracting problems with the $175.6 million 16th...

Healthcare freefall: Breast cancer survivor shares strain of rural treatment travel

Updated 5 days ago

Editor’s Note: Colorado’s healthcare system is entering a period of accelerating instability — a “tsunami,” as multiple leaders describe it — driven by collapsing hospital...

State Patrol reports 316 commercial vehicle distracted crashes in 2025

Updated 6 days ago

Colorado State Patrol troopers investigated 316 commercial motor vehicle crashes involving distracted driving in 2025, the agency said Thursday. CSP said that crashes involving commercial...

Regional Transportation District seeks citizen advisers as board faces overhaul

Updated 1 week ago

The Regional Transportation District is recruiting volunteers for its Citizens Advisory Committee, according to a Monday announcement from the agency. RTD is accepting applications for...

Polis administration relaunches Colorado e-bike rebates with $3 million

Updated 3 weeks ago

Veo scooter clutter, sidewalk riders frustrate Denverites

Updated 4 weeks ago

Newest Front Range Passenger Rail plan includes second Colorado Springs station

Updated 1 month ago

RTD gets pushback over proposed cuts, including end of 16th Street FreeRide service

Updated 1 month ago

Designs for Front Range Passenger Rail trains released

Updated 1 month ago

DIA seeks more feedback on Peña Boulevard study

Updated 1 month ago

Aurora police traffic enforcement campaign reduces crashes by 86%, officials say

Updated 2 months ago

RTD to reconsider service priorities as cuts, budget deficit loom

Updated 2 months ago

Road-funding initiative in Colorado qualifies for November ballot

Updated 2 months ago

Denver gets more time to answer FAA questions in probe regarding Key Lime lease denial

Updated 2 months ago

Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington to retire

Updated 3 months ago

Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington, who oversaw the airport’s rapid growth during the last five years, will retire on Aug. 1, the airport announced...

Polis signs RTD overhaul bill aimed at rebuilding transit ridership

Updated 3 months ago

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday approved an overhaul of the Regional Transportation District, signing legislation that sponsors hope would reverse stagnant ridership by, among other...

Colorado’s proposed battery regulations target fire risks, raise enforcement, cost questions

Updated 3 months ago

Some worry consumers would face civil or administrative fines under the legislation Lawmakers have passed new regulations mandating sellers of lithium-powered batteries to register with...

As fuel costs rise further, Coloradans may see impacts beyond the pump

Updated 4 months ago

With the price of gas rising with no end in sight, many Coloradans first thought will be about how much more they are spending at...

‘Too many people are dying’: Motorcycle deaths continue to rise in Colorado, state agencies say

Updated 4 months ago

Road-funding amendment divides Colorado over $539M general fund shift

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado legislature enters final 10 days with hundreds of bills still unresolved

Updated 4 months ago

Passenger train service from Denver to Fort Collins? | Cronin and Loevy

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado Aeronautical Board greenlights millions in airport funding

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings

Updated 4 months ago

RTD lays off two dozen managers in operations ‘realignment’

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado bill reshaping RTD board advances

Updated 5 months ago

CDOT begins installing 66 new highway cameras

Updated 5 months ago

Colorado justices restore RTD subcontractor’s award, reject ‘drastic’ view of public works law

Updated 5 months ago

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

Updated 5 months ago

New data shows Colorado’s hands-free law is curbing distracted driving on the state’s highways and has helped prevent nearly 600 crashes, more than 400 injuries...

Colorado lawmakers push legislation to shrink RTD board, increase pay as ridership struggles persist

Updated 5 months ago

Colorado lawmakers are advancing a new push to overhaul the Regional Transportation District, proposing to shrink the board, raise member pay and boost ridership back...

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

Updated 5 months ago

Funding, local transit focus and how exactly the Front Range Passenger Rail will serve Coloradans are a few topics Denver residents have on their minds...

CDOT pivots from snowplowing to wildfire mitigation along highways

Updated 5 months ago

Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance crews have launched an early push to clear dry vegetation along highways to reduce the chance that sparks or cigarette...