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New evacuations called for Lee Fire as fire grows southward

By Tegan Wendland and Stina Sieg

· Aug. 13, 2025

As classes near in Elizabeth, a book ban hangs over the town’s schools

By Elaine Tassy

· Aug. 14, 2025

Unvaccinated child hospitalized is state’s 17th measles case this year

· Aug. 14, 2025

16 rappers gathered in Denver. Then they plugged in their phones

By Kiara DeMare

· Aug. 14, 2025

Lack of affordable housing pushing teachers out of the profession

By Jenny Brundin

Desks fill an empty classroom.

Kerrie Joy speaks into a microphone, smiliing and touching her chest with her right hand.

Adams County is celebrating its inaugural poet laureate, and getting ready for another

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

A Denver Broncos helmet

Record-setting Denver Broncos receiver and coaching pioneer Lionel Taylor dies at 89

By The Associated Press

A family of teachers.

One, two, three, four, five educators from same family teach at this rural school in San Luis Valley

By Jenny Brundin

This is why rabbits with ‘horns’ in Colorado are being called ‘Frankenstein bunnies’

By The Associated Press

LEE FIRE MEEKER

Gov. Polis declares a statewide disaster emergency due to critical fire weather conditions and fires burning across Western Slope

By Stina Sieg and Tegan Wendland

· Aug. 14, 2025

LEE FIRE MEEKER

Smoke from fires on the Western Slope is producing dangerous air quality across much of the state

· Aug. 14, 2025

The House chamber at the state Capitol

Government and Politics

Frequently asked questions — and misunderstandings — about Colorado’s special session to close a nearly $1B budget hole

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun and Brian Eason, The Colorado Sun

· Aug. 14, 2025

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office

Another Colorado judge is ordering federal agents to stop making immigration arrests at courthouses

By Chuck Murphy

· Aug. 13, 2025

An ultrasound machine

Five numbers to know as Colorado navigates looming health care cuts

· Aug. 13, 2025

Government and Politics

$280 million at stake if Colorado cities don’t start complying with housing policies

By Bente Birkeland

· Aug. 13, 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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