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U.S. military confirms pandemic won’t ground Santa Claus

NORAD will track Santa, keep phone lines open

Colorado Democratic electors cast nine votes for Joe Biden

DENVER – Colorado’s nine Democratic presidential electors cast their votes for Joe Biden at the state Capitol on Monday. The vote formally seals Biden’s win in Colorado, where he ...

Denver police lacked plan to handle protests, report says

DENVER – Denver police didn’t have a cohesive plan for handling large racial injustice protests that erupted last summer after the death of George Floyd, according to a report made public Tu...

Colorado lawmakers consider emergency COVID relief package

DENVER – In the absence of new federal coronavirus economic relief, Colorado’s Democrat-led Legislature convened on Monday in a special session called by Gov. Jared Polis to pass bills offer...

Polis extends Colorado’s mask mandate amid hospitalization increase

Governor estimates one in 105 Colorado residents contagious

Crews assess damages for Colorado’s second-largest wildfire

DENVER – Wildfire damage assessment was expected to begin Monday for the towns and cities affected by Colorado’s second-largest recorded wildfire which caused evacuations and closed Rocky Mo...

Colorado announces its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

Three levels of prioritized people are in first group

Denver will stream a live 24-hour video of ballot processing

DENVER – Strengthening efforts to counter the Trump administration’s baseless narrative that mail balloting is rife with fraud, elections officials in Denver, Seattle and a growing number of...

Coloradans will vote on a 22-week abortion ban in November

DENVER – Despite past failed attempts to ban or limit abortions in Colorado, anti-abortion advocates have another chance to win over voters with a November ballot measure that would ban the ...

Colorado expands tracking app for November mail-in ballots

DENVER – Colorado is expanding its mail-in ballot tracking app so that all voters in the state can use it, Secretary of State Jena Griswold announced Monday. Colorado voters in al...

Colorado anesthesiologists urge halt of drug used in arrests

DENVER – A group of Colorado anesthesiologists wants paramedics to stop injecting people with a powerful sedative when police believe suspects are out of control until officials finish a rev...

Colorado bans open fires as state battles four wildfires

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis issued a 30-day ban on open fires such as campfires, fireworks and other open sources of ignition on Tuesday as the state battles four separate wildfires. ...