Colorado – The Journal

Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds

OMAHA, Neb. – Firefighters across the country are battling growing wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a wildfire in rural so...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rent control for Colorado mobile homes is doomed by Gov. Polis veto threat

Bill would still give residents, local governments a greater chance to purchase parks

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Rep. McLachlan sponsors bill to allow local law enforcement to live across state lines

HB 22-1371 would remove the Colorado residency requirement for officers

DATE: Apr 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Aurora hires ex-chief from theater shooting to lead police

DENVER – The police chief who led police in the Denver suburb of Aurora when a gunman killed 12 people in a movie theater a decade ago is returning to temporarily lead the embattled departme...

DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis opposes effort to ban flavored tobacco, nicotine products

House Bill 1064 would siphon as much as $25.2 million from universal preschool program

DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nebraska law will advance proposed Colorado canal project

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a law Monday that will allow the state to move forward with plans to build a canal in Colorado to divert water out of the South Platte Rive...

DATE: Apr 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado earns top marks for voting and election confidence

Study ranks state among best in nation ahead of midterms

DATE: Apr 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three bills aim to improve communication, access to grants for Southwest Colorado’s tribes

State Sen. Kerry Donovan hopes to shift state’s relationship with sovereign nations

DATE: Apr 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s attorney general wades into murky dispute that could upend access to rivers, streams

Official wants state Supreme Court to intervene in a case, warning of ‘monumental consequences’

DATE: Apr 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge: Colorado shooting suspect incompetent to stand trial

BOULDER – A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, further delaying court proceedings ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats plan to suspend Colorado’s new gas fee – until two months after the November election

House Bill 1351 is the cornerstone of Gov. Jared Polis’ efforts to slash cost of living

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Record high calls are stressing Colorado’s EMS, mountain firefighters

Fire chiefs struggle to hire firefighters, recruit volunteers because of high cost of living

DATE: Apr 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News