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State Sen. Cleave Simpson picked to lead Colorado’s Senate Republicans

Republican state senators have selected Sen. Cleave Simpson of Alamosa to replace former Sen. Paul Lundeen as their new Minority Leader. Lundeen resigned his office earlier this week to take...

DATE: Jun 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The 12 gun bills passed by the Colorado legislature this year and signed into law

Democrats in the legislature were busy this year imposing new gun regulations

DATE: Jun 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Top Republican in Colorado Senate resigns to take private sector job

Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, is resigning effective Monday to become president and CEO of the American Excellence Foundation

DATE: Jun 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado funeral homeowner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year sentenced

DENVER – A Colorado funeral homeowner who pleaded guilty to leaving a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 peopl...

DATE: Jun 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Top Republican in Colorado Senate resigns to take private sector job

Sen. Cleave Simpson is next in line to be minority leader

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis agrees to hold off on complying with ICE subpoena as whistleblower lawsuit plays out

Director of the state Division of Labor Standards and Statistics sued governor last week

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Election conspiracy theorist sticks by false 2020 claims in defamation trial

DENVER – One of the nation's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, stuck by his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen while testi...

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis vetoes 11 bills, a personal record

Worker protection act, ride-share safety measure, social media regulations among blocked policies

DATE: Jun 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

CPW relocates moose, calves involved in attack that injured woman

Family moved to location outside of Steamboat Springs

DATE: Jun 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Work underway to put out mining fire that’s burned for more than 20 years

The blaze started decades ago when an old pile of coal waste spontaneously combusted, according to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. The smoldering 35-foot-high, footb...

DATE: Jun 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News