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Fentanyl features in Colorado’s first gubernatorial debate

PUEBLO – Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, and his GOP challenger, Heidi Ganahl, offered differing versions of the state with the economy, crime, education and post-pandemic recov...

Pandemic homeless hotels close, sending some back to streets

DENVER – As Charlie Gilmore collected his belongings Friday to leave the Denver hotel that had been a home to him and 137 other previously homeless people during the pandemic, he pondered wh...

Small plane buzzes boaters in Colorado before crashing

DENVER – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane that buzzed low over boats on a Northern Colorado reservoir before crashing, the board said Wednesday. The pi...

Colorado public defenders launch union drive over workloads

DENVER – Fed up with immense workloads, Colorado’s public defenders launched a unionization drive on Thursday hoping to organize attorneys, paralegals, investigators, social workers, and adm...

Teen shot, killed in Monte Vista while filming TikTok dance video

DENVER – Two minors and an adult face charges after a Colorado teenager was shot in the head and killed while filming a video for the popular social media platform TikTok earlier this month....

Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – In the Colorado ski town of Steamboat Springs, motels line the freeway, once filled with tourists eager to pitch down the slopes or bathe in the local hot springs. Now r...

Colorado man shoots, kills bear after it entered his home

DENVER – A Colorado man had a rude awaking early Saturday morning when a roughly 400-pound bear flipped the lever doorknob to his home and rummaged through some dog food, Colorado Parks and ...

Colorado to spar over discrimination case in Supreme Court

DENVER – Colorado is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its anti-discrimination law in the face of a challenge by a Christian web designer who does not want to create custom wedding web...

Four dead in small plane crash in Colorado

DENVER – Four people died in a small plane crash Sunday in the foothills west of Boulder, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. The crash sparked a small fire that was quickly co...