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Latest Colorado legislative draft maps would leave Democrats in control

Commission sets Oct. 12 as deadline to vote on final state House, Senate maps

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boebert challenger suspends fundraising, cites redistricting

DENVER – A leading Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in next year’s election, Colorado state Sen. Kerry Donovan, has suspended fundraising for her campaign after t...

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition 120: Voters will decide if Colorado property taxes will go down – at least for some

Proponents say effort could reduce rents, opponents say it will hurt schools, fire departments

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman moves on after surviving 1984 hammer attack

DENVER (AP) – On a frigid January night in 1984, Kim Rice woke to a flash of pain and sat up in bed to see a stranger’s silhouette, his arm raised to strike another blow with a hammer. She s...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Zoo apologizes a decade after visitor's death

DENVER – The Denver Zoo has apologized more than a decade after a Black man died after a confrontation with police on zoo grounds. Zoo president Bert Vescolani on Friday publicly apologized ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest hits impressive rainfall during summer monsoon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Cities across the Southwest hit impressive rainfall totals this summer, bringing much-needed – but temporary – relief to a region that has been mired in drought. The winte...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage

Leaf peeping seasons have been disrupted as the planet warms

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Silverton is about as vaccinated as it can get. But it still has COVID.

Shots alone aren’t enough to prevent spread because of porous geographic boundaries and waning vaccine effectiveness

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s economic growth to continue at slower pace, state forecast says

General fund revenue grew 10.7% last year, preliminary figures show

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Homes evacuated by wildfire burning in Colorado mountains

SILVERTHORNE – The residents of several hundred homes have been evacuated or warned to be ready to leave because of a wildfire burning in Colorado’s north-central mountains. Evacuations were...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Should river towns be forced to build costly parks to get recreational water rights?

Nonprofit argues communities should be able to protect rapids without building features

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit by Colorado police officer fired in photo scandal is dismissed

DENVER – A lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver police officer for his firing over a photo re-enacting a chokehold like the one used on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died in ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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