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Outdoor Retailer show moving to Utah despite boycott threats

DENVER – The Outdoor Retailer trade show will move the event back to Salt Lake City from Denver next year despite threats from an environmental group and big-name recreation companies to boy...

DATE: Mar 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Spiritual leader’s mummified remains found in Colorado home

DENVER – Authorities have arrested several people after the mummified body of the leader of the spiritual group “Love Has Won” was found wrapped in a sleeping bag and decorated with Christma...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado vaccine distribution expands as production ramps up

DENVER – Anyone 60 and older will be eligible to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus beginning March 5 followed by those 50 and older toward the end of the month, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fauci, Colorado Gov. Polis warn of coronavirus surge

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis joined the nation’s top infectious disease expert Tuesday and urged people to wear masks and socially distance to help prevent stay-at-home orders and over...

DATE: Dec 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Reward offered in fire that killed 5, including 2 children

DENVER – A $50,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrests of people responsible for setting a house fire in Denver that killed five recent immigrants, including two c...

DATE: Nov 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis outlines hospital response as coronavirus surges

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis outlined a plan Friday to organize hospitals’ response to the coronavirus. But he shied away from issuing a statewide stay-at-home order as cases have surg...

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

National Park Service faces $270M wrongful death claim

DENVER – The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda has filed a more than $270 million wrongful death and personal injury claim against the National Park Service after she was decap...

DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado coronavirus hospitalizations reach highest level

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pleaded with residents Thursday to wear masks and reduce social interactions as state health officials reported that hospitalizations from the coronavirus ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver urges people to stay home as coronavirus cases spike

DENVER – Denver officials are urging residents to stay home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in an effort to stem the tide of coronavirus cases, which could overwhelm area hospitals by the end of ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ski resorts adapt to new normal amid pandemic

Guests will have to abide by restrictions

DATE: Oct 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Judge considers bond for TV station guard charged with murder

DENVER – A defense attorney asked a judge Friday to lower bail for a television station security guard charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a pro-police demonstrator after op...

DATE: Oct 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado health officials weigh in on navigating safe ski season

DENVER – Colorado health officials are weighing in on how to safely navigate the upcoming ski season amid a pandemic as eager skiers and snowboarders who have been cooped up for the greater ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel