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Prosecutor, attorney general urge Gov. Polis to ignore requests to aid Tina Peters

By Bente Birkeland and Tom Hesse

· Nov. 21, 2025

Is Colorado’s car market flashing a check engine light for the economy?

By Nathan Fernando-Frescas

· Nov. 21, 2025

Rate hikes likely for Xcel Energy customers after utility files request to recoup expenses

By Ishan Thakore

· Nov. 21, 2025

Government and Politics

Shannon Bird no longer faces ethics complaint related to dark money-funded Vail retreat

By Taylor Dolven, The Colorado Sun

· Nov. 21, 2025

As federal support wanes, Colorado’s nonprofits contemplate a rocky future

Kids zoom down an indoor tuning hill, smiling and having fun.

Things to do in Colorado this weekend

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

A blue helicopter with a long white boom that has a red bulb at the tip, is parked on a concrete surface, with mountains visible in the background. The helicopter is the main focus of the image.

Why is the federal government spending millions on aerial geological mapping in Southern Colorado?

By Shanna Lewis

SENIOR COMPANION

AmeriCorps program matches older people who need a helping hand with an older volunteer looking to help

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Thanksgiving volunteering and community service opportunities across Colorado

By Hazel Feldstein

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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