A house fire in western Jefferson County started a small wildfire Thursday morning, causing pre-evacuation warnings for people living in Golden Gate Canyon after flames spread to nearby…
Read more Geneva fire contained after spreading from house fire in Golden Gate CanyonA wildfire that raced across more than 1,000 acres of dry, grassy land in Douglas County on Tuesday was started by a trash truck, according to the sheriff’s…
Read more Douglas County wildfire sparked by trash truck, sheriff saysFORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected after the Trump administration…
Read more Trump Administration Ends Protections for Rare Dancing Prairie BirdA second day of powerful, gusty winds hit the Front Range and Eastern Plains on Wednesday, fueling at least two wildfires in metro Denver and northeastern Colorado and…
Read more 2nd day of dry, windy weather fuels Colorado wildfires in Thornton, Eastern PlainsA former Cherry Creek School District teacher was arrested Monday on suspicion of child sex assault after a former student came forward, police said. Robert Combs, 56, was…
Read more Former Cherry Creek teacher arrested for child sex assaultResidents in a small town on Colorado’s Eastern Plains were ordered to evacuate Wednesday afternoon after a grass fire sparked from a vehicle crash nearby, fueled by strong…
Read more 3,500-acre grass fire in eastern Colorado ignited by motor vehicle crashColorado lawmakers who are concerned about rising gambling addiction and betting scandals in professional sports filed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit sports betting apps from offering proposition…
Read more Bill would ban prop bets on sports apps in Colorado as lawmakers seek to curb gambling addictionsColorado state Rep. Ron Weinberg will face more scrutiny for allegations of unethical behavior following a vote of his peers Wednesday morning. The House Ethics Committee found probable…
Read more Ethics committee finds probable cause to investigate if Colorado House member broke rulesDouglas County commissioners passed a measure Tuesday that requires hundreds of retail stores in unincorporated parts of the county to file a report with law enforcement when thieves…
Read more Douglas County adopts law requiring stores to report theft — but drops fines for failing to do soA man accused of shooting and killing another man in Denver on Valentine’s Day and fleeing Colorado was arrested Friday in Kansas on suspicion of murder, police said.…
Read more Man arrested for murder in fatal Denver Valentine’s Day shootingA wildfire scorched more than 1,000 acres of dry, grassy terrain south of Franktown on Tuesday, forcing evacuations as gusty winds pushed flames toward nearby homes. The Dahlberg…
Read more Douglas County wildfire chars more than 1,000 acres south of FranktownThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it had cited and fined three Weld County companies a combined $247,000 after it determined…
Read more OSHA fines 3 companies $247,000 after 6 die of gas exposure at dairy farm near KeenesburgThe family of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield served notice Monday to the city of Aurora that they intend to file a lawsuit in connection with the August shooting death of…
Read more Family of Black man killed by Aurora police intends to sue the cityThis year, in what it calls a “study,” Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources is killing off mountain lions in an effort to increase mule deer herds. It has hired…
Read more Utah begins to cull mountain lions to ‘study’ the effect (Opinion)The Colorado park ranger accused of stabbing himself in a hoax that sparked a large-scale manhunt at Staunton State Park last August took a plea deal Monday. Callum…
Read more Colorado park ranger gets 3 years probation in Staunton State Park stabbing hoaxFlags will fly at half-staff this week in Denver in honor of a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who died last week, Mayor Mike Johnston announced Sunday.…
Read more Why are flags flying at half-staff in Denver this week?A man who shot two women in an Aurora apartment in 2024, killing one of them, was convicted this month of murder, according to court records. Kelynn Lewis,…
Read more Adams County jury convicts man of murder in Aurora apartment shootingA collective of Colorado lawmakers wants to put an end to “ghost guns” and their rising popularity. Earlier this week, the state’s House Judiciary Committee voted in a…
Read more Colorado is working on a bill that would make it illegal to 3D print firearms and gun partsTwo members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua who pleaded guilty to robbing a Denver jewelry store at gunpoint were sentenced to 20 years in federal…
Read more Tren de Aragua members get 20 years prison for robbing Denver jewelry storeReduced snowpack — a sign of things to come, or a temporary problem? Re: “Endangered snowpack,” Denver Post three-part series on climate and ski industry, Feb. 15-17 The…
Read more Colorado mountains’ reduced snowpack — a sign of things to come or temporary? (Letters)