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Driver convicted of first-degree murder in case teens who threw fatal rock at car

By The Associated Press

· Apr. 25, 2025

Government and Politics

Colorado lawmakers move to outlaw sexually exploitative AI images and video

By Megan Verlee

· Apr. 25, 2025

Government and Politics

Colorado Senate overrides Jared Polis’ veto of social media bill in extremely rare rebuke of governor

By Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun and Bente Birkeland

· Apr. 25, 2025

Trump administration asks for appellate review of Colorado judge’s ban on Salvadoran deportations

By Allison Sherry

· Apr. 25, 2025

Psychedelic mushrooms could help with postpartum depression. Here’s how

By Andrea Dukakis and Alejandro A. Alonso Galva

A pregnant woman's stomach as she gets an ultrasound from a doctor.

A young girl riding a carousel on a Cheeta

Colorado Arts Spotlight: SeriesFest is back, plus new Redline grantees, Día del Niño celebrations, a cult film series and Unsent Show

By Lauren Antonoff Hart

A woman in a gray down winter coat stands with her arms spread in front of a UFO Watchtower tourist attraction.

Life and Culture

UFO Watchtower in the San Luis Valley famous for a horse skeleton and vortexes celebrates 25 years of aliens

A wren sings in a tree

During migration season, turn off your lights to help birds fly safe

By Arlo Pérez Esquivel

A woman poses outside of a market in Pierce, Colorado

Oil transformed Pierce, Colorado. Now, geothermal might too

By Ishan Thakore

Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible

By Ben Markus and Veronica Penney

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ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado

By Andrew Kenney

The new park "cap" over I-70 in Elyria Swansea. Nov. 30, 2022.

Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe?

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‘There’s winners and losers’: Colorado is hoping to reform mental health, but a failed overhaul in 2014 shows how political connections maintain the status quo

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