With budget cuts looming, Colorado governor and lawmakers are far apart on fix

Cutting close to 700 million dollars out of next year's state budget means tough choices for Colorado lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session that begins in January. Gov. Jared Polis p...

DATE: Dec 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s election equipment password breach explained

What we know about the investigations into Secretary of State's office

DATE: Nov 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey’s killing

DENVER – Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence ...

DATE: Nov 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado dentist accused of killing wife is charged with trying to kill investigator

James Craig is accused of poisoning his 43-year-old wife, recruiting inmate to murder detective

DATE: Nov 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis headed for another showdown with Democrats over union issues

Colorado governor quickly pooh-poohed labor movement’s priority bill

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Grand Junction resists calls to close unhoused resource center

Nearby business owners have asked shelter be closed because of gatherings

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hickenlooper addresses concerns from college student leaders

Eight student body presidents met with senator

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity

The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in use by any public pension in the U.S.

DATE: Nov 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado wolf advocates launch $50,000 anti-poaching reward

A nonprofit that advocates for the restoration of gray wolves in Colorado said this week that it will begin offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information on acts of illegal wolf poachin...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding

A $99 million plan to buy and permanently preserve some of the oldest water rights in Colorado is inching closer to securing all of its funding. But President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado funeral homeowners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and gave grieving families fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corp...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some head to the mountains for Christmas trees – others let the Eastern Plains come to them

Little junipers are cut like a traditional Christmas tree and don’t come with any roots

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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