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Tens of thousands without power due to Xcel public safety shut off Wednesday amid high winds

By Molly Cruse and Tegan Wendland

· Dec. 17, 2025

Thinking about taking a pottery shard from Mesa Verde or Ute Mountain Tribal Park? Don’t

By Elaine Tassy

· Dec. 17, 2025

Man set to go on trial for attacking reporter was arrested for contacting witness

· Dec. 17, 2025

Government and Politics

Trump to address the nation as his popularity dips in the face of economic concerns

By NPR

· Dec. 17, 2025

The White House promises to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Life and Culture

Books We Love: 2025

By Lauren Antonoff Hart and Daniel J. Schneider

A highway with cars are driving under an overpass that's covered with vegetation that is similar to the surrounding open fields. Forested hills are in the distance

Largest wildlife overpass in North America now ready for use by elk and other critters in Douglas County

By Shanna Lewis

Ute Mountain Tribal Park

Thinking about taking a pottery shard from Mesa Verde or Ute Mountain Tribal Park? Don’t

By Elaine Tassy

A group of people wearing colorful costumes and headdresses are walking down a sidewalk. The participants are spread out along the sidewalk, with some closer to the foreground and others further back.

‘We feel safer at church.’ Latino community works together to provide health care access amid fear, high costs

The tops of houses in a sprawling neighborhood with mountains outlined in the background.

Democrats, local governments are gearing up for another round of battles over housing in Colorado

By Lucas Brady Woods, KUNC

· Dec. 17, 2025

GAS STATION TARIFFS

Trump administration cancels $109M in environmentally focused transportation grants for Colorado

By Colorado Sun

· Dec. 17, 2025

HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC POWER LINES DOUGLAS COUNTY

Xcel Energy might temporarily cut power to high fire risk regions ahead of high wind event

By Molly Cruse, Haylee May, and Alejandro A. Alonso Galva

· Dec. 17, 2025

Gov. Jared Polis selects new leader of Colorado’s higher education department

· Dec. 16, 2025

A small rustic building at dusk

Government and Politics

A year into the grueling fight over Buc-ee’s development, Palmer Lake officials keep resigning

By Andrea Chalfin

· Dec. 16, 2025

Former Hygiene fire captain found guilty of sexually assaulting five women in a four-year span

· Dec. 16, 2025

Ripple Cannabis Company co-founder Justin Singe

Potential for contaminated cannabis products in Colorado creates risk for buyers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Denver Field Office Centennial

Federal cops spent weeks tracking young immigrants, was it for their safety, or to make deportation easier?

By Allison Sherry

Federal law enforcement outside the Cedar Run Apartments

ICE detention, deportation can deny justice in local criminal cases, frustrating prosecutors

By Ben Markus and Allison Sherry

Body-worn camera video shows a man with a long rifle approaching a person with their back to him

Despite efforts at reform, Colorado officers still shoot people at a high rate

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