Regional News https://www.the-journal.com/feeds/regional-news/ 2026-05-26 04:03:34 -0700 en-us https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-democrats-censure-jared-polis-condemning-his-release-of-tina-peters/ The Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday night voted overwhelmingly to censure Gov. Jared Polis, condemning his decision to shorten the prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. The e... 2026-05-20 09:36:46 -0700 902de810-f15d-4ffe-bd8b-ea590491cede https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-congressional-delegation-seeks-answers-about-lost-colorado-air-national-guard-jobs/ Colorado’s Congressional delegation wants some answers about what the secretary of the Air Force is going to do about Colorado Air National Guard members who have lost their assignments. The National ... 2026-05-19 03:31:29 -0700 05b4aaa1-316f-404e-81a0-e4be31c6eeb5 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-governor-cuts-tina-peters-prison-sentence-in-half-will-release-her-on-parole-june-1/ Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday cut former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ nine-year prison sentence in half, and ordered the 70-year-old, who has become a national martyr for election conspiracy t... 2026-05-15 03:18:13 -0700 ca7858d5-4fd5-41ea-8faf-0c377b38730f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/travelers-can-peruse-nepali-culture-with-new-exhibit-at-dia/ Wedding dresses like those worn in five-day events, ornate replicas of mandalas and miniature brass lions are among the heirlooms from the homes of Colorado’s Nepali residents that can now be seen by ... 2026-05-15 03:07:22 -0700 989886fb-4940-4881-a6f6-01d22c791e8b https://www.the-journal.com/articles/republican-candidates-sue-to-block-unaffiliated-voters-from-participating-in-june-primary/ A last-minute lawsuit filed by three Republican candidates for office in Colorado claims allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in the GOP’s upcoming primary election violates their constitutiona... 2026-05-12 04:54:14 -0700 497e05c3-146a-4eb9-acba-1dc52cf5ca14 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/man-identified-after-fatal-runway-incident-at-denver-international-airport/ The man who died after being struck by a plane on a runway at Denver International Airport last week has been identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott. Airport CEO Phil Washington confirmed Tuesday at a... 2026-05-12 12:28:39 -0700 865e9b50-4584-41be-a026-81629d7475d5 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/ice-must-retrain-arresting-officers-in-colorado-federal-judge-rules/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must retrain its arresting officers in Colorado, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. In a 60-page order, U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson in Denver also found ... 2026-05-12 11:56:14 -0700 3bb0319b-2af9-4d56-8735-b47a5d55482a https://www.the-journal.com/articles/fuel-spill-from-train-truck-collision-highlights-dangers-of-moving-oil-by-rail/ A fuel spill after a tanker-truck, passenger-train collision in Rifle on Wednesday morning put a spotlight on the dangers of transporting fossil fuels in and around Union Pacific’s train tracks that f... 2026-05-07 01:52:51 -0700 ba85a21f-fb97-4cd6-a389-534dc9ced959 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/states-across-the-wildfire-prone-western-u-s-are-using-ai-for-early-detection/ On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn't a cloud or dust, then aler... 2026-05-04 01:49:49 -0700 5e036b83-bdc3-4871-8b91-976705db1182 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/jared-polis-says-colorado-needs-a-new-prison-asap-how-did-we-get-here/ A dramatic decrease in the number of people in prison being granted parole and a slew of recent laws that lengthen sentences is causing Colorado’s adult prison population to balloon, experts and advoc... 2026-04-16 04:18:07 -0700 de492334-f071-472e-9218-bc177f47b519 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/elon-musks-xai-sues-colorado-over-ai-consumer-protection-law/ An artificial intelligence platform that generated messages last year describing itself as “MechaHitler” while highlighting individuals’ Jewish surnames says Colorado has no legal basis for protection... 2026-04-13 12:19:17 -0700 89186834-80aa-43fa-be98-098f85e7498c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/tina-peters-attorney-says-team-is-weighing-options-in-light-of-appeals-court-ruling/ The legal team for former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters said they are weighing next steps after a Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that she was improperly sentenced in 2024 and should receive a new sen... 2026-04-06 05:10:12 -0700 d8b10c89-8f3c-47eb-87fa-d1dfd28d84ba https://www.the-journal.com/articles/democrat-will-run-unopposed-in-primary-seeking-to-unseat-boebert/ Eileen Laubacher will be the sole Democrat on the June primary ballot in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District race, according to the results Thursday of the Democratic assembly for the district. A pr... 2026-04-03 05:32:45 -0700 df78a441-7fe5-42c5-af4e-9aaeb0cbdfda https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-appeals-court-orders-resentencing-for-tina-peters/ DENVER ‒ A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that sought to prove fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced because a judge wro... 2026-04-02 10:32:44 -0700 bf351bee-3bf1-45db-8f93-9579242f431d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/gov-polis-loses-again-in-case-about-his-attempted-compliance-with-ice-subpoena/ A lawsuit filed against Gov. Jared Polis after he attempted to comply with a subpoena from federal immigration officials will continue despite the governor’s efforts to get the case dismissed, a Denve... 2026-03-30 08:57:31 -0700 ba139e15-939a-4277-8575-d399745dfd2f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/moose-collides-with-musician-driving-home-from-rocky-mountain-national-park/ A sunny day in Grand County provided perfect conditions for a scenic drive through the countryside. Local musician Andy Straus felt relaxed as he and a friend made their way through the winding forest... 2026-03-24 01:27:40 -0700 fd479202-dcbd-4ce8-8ed7-a1d2d6ab4e42 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorados-early-snowmelt-is-a-preview-of-a-hotter-future/ An unprecedented heat wave over the past few days has shattered temperature records across Colorado – and may have forced the state’s record-low snowpack to peak weeks ahead of schedule. In a normal y... 2026-03-23 02:35:18 -0700 e3cee42f-9274-4cd1-96d6-a8232d8c03e9 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/tina-peters-found-not-guilty-of-assaulting-inmate-in-january-scuffle/ Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence for her role in tampering with Mesa County’s election equipment in search of election fraud, was found not guilty of assault a... 2026-03-18 03:51:47 -0700 2e5b6a5b-a98e-4470-8006-cb42c262ee14 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-legislature-passes-bill-aimed-at-increasing-vaccine-access-for-children/ Colorado lawmakers are set to give final approval to a bill that would allow state childhood vaccine recommendations to rely on findings from organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics amid... 2026-03-17 12:36:55 -0700 253daddd-de32-4f86-8c05-4d5aad91d022 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-now-has-10-recorded-measles-cases-as-broomfield-outbreak-spreads/ Two more cases of measles have been confirmed by the state health department, bringing the total cases of the year to 10. All of the cases so far have been in unvaccinated people, ages 5 to 17 years o... 2026-03-13 01:08:21 -0700 b41303c2-ebdb-49b3-a27d-6aa69e69d1b0 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/american-outdoor-recreation-economy-tops-1-3-trillion-with-colorado-again-in-top-10-states/ The American outdoor recreation economy continues to grow, reaching $1.3 trillion in economic activity and employing 5.2 million people in 2024. That’s up from $1.2 trillion in 2023 and up 84% since 2... 2026-03-13 12:04:40 -0700 1e0bf27d-572b-476b-84df-13da7d661f05 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/some-colorado-lawmakers-wanted-to-make-it-harder-to-get-public-records-the-bill-died-again/ An attempt by state lawmakers to increase wait times for the production of public records has died – for the third year in a row. This time, the bill didn’t make it out of its first Senate committee h... 2026-03-12 01:14:55 -0700 83a2ec17-0e9a-4650-8842-15483273812e https://www.the-journal.com/articles/parks-and-wildlife-commission-accepts-petition-to-ban-colorado-fur-sales-in-embarrassing-out-of-c/ WESTMINSTER – An out-of-state animal rights group has cleared a key hurdle in its push for a potential ban on commercial fur sales in Colorado after the Parks and Wildlife Commission last week voted t... 2026-03-12 12:55:58 -0700 9d1e902a-3e72-48cf-92d4-8ae68780836a https://www.the-journal.com/articles/they-didnt-have-a-clue-ice-agents-struggle-to-answer-questions-about-warrantless-arrests-in-colo/ Federal immigration officers struggled to answer basic questions about warrantless arrests and admitted during testimony in federal court in Denver on Tuesday that they had not received training about... 2026-03-12 12:35:35 -0700 79c4dc05-7517-494e-a70e-5d9266ca1d8c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/bennet-leveling-criticism-at-polis-as-he-vies-to-replace-him/ U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is testing out a new way of differentiating himself from Attorney General Phil Weiser in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary: criticizing current Gov. Jared Polis. Dur... 2026-03-06 03:51:26 -0700 ab79f490-4aab-4885-be19-f4b4dc27251d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-bill-would-make-sure-people-leaving-prison-would-get-100-id-documents/ Under a proposed Colorado law, people leaving prison would be entitled to identification documents and $100 in a release allowance, two benefits bill proponents say are not reliably distributed by the... 2026-03-05 02:05:13 -0700 ab07a16a-ac96-4ba6-9e22-f95b85acdb8d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/suspect-wanted-in-three-killings-arrested-in-pagosa-springs/ TORREY, Utah – A man who authorities accuse of killing a southern Utah woman, stealing her vehicle and driving it to a nearby trailhead and killing two women who were hiking together before fleeing in... 2026-03-05 01:03:36 -0700 e7f94256-4058-4823-a818-51f38b641872 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/laura-clellan-becomes-first-female-director-of-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-since-divisions-merged-in/ Laura Clellan, who has led Colorado Parks and Wildlife as acting director since Dec. 1, is now in the role permanently, after commissioners Monday voted unanimously to confirm her. Tai Jacober was the... 2026-02-27 02:46:40 -0700 3ce08508-69bd-4f28-a4c1-ef1bcf7a4f39 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/rep-lauren-boebert-shares-photo-of-hillary-clinton-during-deposition-temporarily-halting-it/ WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s deposition before members of Congress about the Jeffrey Epstein files was briefly halted Thursday after Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., sent a photo of Hillary Clinton in ... 2026-02-27 02:39:29 -0700 dc8ab83d-84ad-4ce4-9268-65f7ba624cbd https://www.the-journal.com/articles/secret-societies-and-masquerade-fever-took-over-colorados-social-scene-in-the-1870s/ Though it wouldn’t be formally established as a federal holiday until 1879, George Washington’s birthday – later Presidents Day – was celebrated with special enthusiasm across the country in the cente... 2026-02-23 03:57:53 -0700 9b256c34-cd02-4bfd-8411-da7a3940ab28