Regional News https://www.the-journal.com/feeds/regional-news/ 2026-04-24 01:08:01 -0700 en-us 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 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-legislators-deny-records-request-related-to-luxury-vail-retreat-with-lobbyists/ A proposed lawsuit claims leaders of a Colorado legislative caucus violated the Colorado Open Records Act when they denied a request for records related to a Vail retreat, which is already the subject... 2026-02-20 05:52:17 -0700 bba49c83-fa42-4b64-a2bf-bd58955226c6 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/as-some-democratic-governors-lead-on-ice-pushback-jared-polis-takes-a-hands-off-approach/ Surrounded by advocates, clergy and lawmakers at the Massachusetts statehouse in Boston, Gov. Maura Healey last month unveiled her bill that would prohibit federal agents from making warrantless civil... 2026-02-12 04:04:46 -0700 422d16f4-e18d-4c44-a30c-47cccc36f86c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorados-attorney-general-just-launched-a-new-system-for-reporting-misconduct-by-ice/ Colorado’s attorney general’s office has launched a new complaint filing system designed to allow residents to report alleged misconduct by federal agents – including those from Immigration and Custom... 2026-02-12 11:53:18 -0700 0408bff3-87b3-4ae2-8638-10b12fcd21bc https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-democrats-advance-bill-to-allow-individuals-to-sue-ice-agents/ Colorado Democrats approved a bill during a committee hearing Monday that would allow people to sue immigration officers for alleged constitutional violations, following a tense month of nationwide pr... 2026-02-05 12:13:19 -0700 e79dd412-1fac-40ca-9941-c08285a3db58 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/federal-judge-blocks-trump-threats-to-remove-coloradans-from-snap/ A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration order issued last month that would have forced Colorado to recertify families with low incomes on food stamps or risk losing food a... 2026-01-29 12:22:25 -0700 ad0d7b1c-cea5-46ec-9ea8-80b4046c2f30 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorados-population-growth-is-slowest-since-1989-as-thousands-leave-for-other-states/ Colorado’s population broke 6 million in 2025, according to the latest U.S. Census estimates. But the state crawled past that milestone with an annual growth rate of just 0.4%, its slowest in decades.... 2026-01-28 10:00:57 -0700 5ea324d3-2802-45fd-81f6-8b56eca7f743 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-wildlife-officials-search-for-person-who-shot-bald-eagle-with-ball-bearing/ First thing you should know, right after seeing that jarring photo, is that the eagle in question is expected to recover and fly again. Next thing you should know, if you’ve seen anyone wandering near... 2026-01-26 05:16:32 -0700 27faf11b-b197-4760-99b6-96d1b457c322 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/governors-of-colorado-river-states-summoned-to-d-c-in-hopes-of-breaking-negotiations-impasse/ Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has invited all seven Colorado River Basin governors and their negotiators to meet in Washington, D.C., on Friday Jan. 30 as states approach a federal deadline to reach... 2026-01-26 04:47:11 -0700 bd2aea5a-c3ac-4b46-b1a8-e6c7154b0600 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/trump-administration-must-keep-funding-colorados-poorest-families-judge-rules-in-temporary-repriev/ A federal judge extended a two-week restraining order Friday to keep money flowing to poor families – funding the Trump administration seeks to cut – in Colorado and four other Democratic-led states: ... 2026-01-26 04:21:54 -0700 1f695999-83b7-4a2f-9d0c-0721b35d8966