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Make way for e-bikes on some Colorado Springs trails this summer

By Olivia Bagan

· Jun. 30, 2025

Public land sales gone from GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

· Jun. 29, 2025

Colorado students, education leaders try to help TRIO college-access program avoid Trump cuts

· Jun. 29, 2025

Government and Politics

Portrait of Donald Trump donated by White House will hang temporarily in Colorado Capitol where painting he despised used to be

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun

· Jun. 28, 2025

Victim in Boulder firebomb attack dies weeks after being in hospital, suspect now faces first-degree murder charges

By Allison Sherry

Flowers and flags adorn a makeshift memorial in Boulder

Grand Junction minor league baseball team embraces threatened Colorado fish by becoming the Humpback Chubs

Groups of hikers make their way up to Gray’s and Torrey’s peaks.

Thousands of people are rescued from Colorado mountain trails each year

A large bull elk stands alert in a dense forest, surrounded by evergreen trees and rocky terrain. Its antlers stretch wide above its head, and its reddish-brown coat contrasts with the cool, shaded woodland backdrop.

How your cellphone data could help wildlife thrive, according to Colorado researchers

By Arlo Pérez Esquivel

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Life and Culture

Where to find Fourth of July fireworks and celebrations in Colorado

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

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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