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FBI was already investigating an account that may have been linked to the Evergreen shooter

By Yesenia Robles

· Sep. 15, 2025

ICE scrutiny means scrapping outdoor, public events for Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations around Colorado

By Elaine Tassy

· Sep. 15, 2025

Colorado Wonders

How do you legally immigrate to the United States?

By Allison Sherry

· Sep. 15, 2025

Government and Politics

House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese resigns

By Bente Birkeland

· Sep. 15, 2025

‘What happens if we have a shooter?’ Evergreen parents raised concerns over campus security less than 24 hours before shooting.

A police car with flashing lights, two officers, and yellow tape block a rural road near a brick building surrounded by trees and grassy areas.

A tarantula crosses the road

Here’s how to witness the season of love for tarantulas in Southern Colorado

By Shanna Lewis

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JeffCo students walkout of school to protest gun violence in solidarity with Evergreen students

By Jenny Brundin

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Life and Culture

When and where to go leaf peeping in Colorado

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

CPR MORNING EDITION HOST MIKE LAMP RETIRES

Longtime CPR Morning Edition host Mike Lamp retires after 44 years in radio and TV

Amanda Grout holds her daughter Maerin at a vigil

Evergreen High School shooting prompts questions about adolescent brain development. Here’s what a family psychologist says

By Andrea Dukakis

· Sep. 16, 2025

Government and Politics

Colorado Springs leaders in D.C. to lobby for local interests and look for opportunities

· Sep. 16, 2025

A young girl with curly hair scoops soil into a white pot labeled Callie in red letters. An adult assists nearby. The scene is set in a classroom with an American flag and decorations in the background.

Colorado appeals ruling allowing taxpayer-funded preschool to discriminate

By Jenny Brundin

· Sep. 15, 2025

road crew works near a cliff face with orange cones set up

Long delays expected for traffic on a five mile stretch of Highway 50 along the Arkansas River in Fremont County

By Shanna Lewis

· Sep. 15, 2025

A child sitting on the ground playing with blocks

Two mothers and Trump’s Head Start rule: Child care shortages meet anti-immigrant politics

· Sep. 15, 2025

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A new study finds eastern Colorado is drying faster than the Western Slope due to climate change

· Sep. 15, 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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