
Lake Shore fire: Evacuations lifted and firefighting wrapping up after small fire near Gross Reservoir
The Lake Shore fire ignited near a neighborhood on the northeast side of Gross Reservoir.

Quarry fire: Firefighters focus on preventing flames from jumping Deer Creek Canyon, FEMA authorizes funding
The Quarry fire is burning in south Jefferson County and has spurred hundreds of evacuations.

Stone Canyon fire: Fire growth slows Thursday as investigators probing cause of deadly fire near Lyons
The Stone Canyon fire has killed one person and destroyed at least five homes.

Alexander Mountain fire: More than two dozen homes and outbuildings destroyed, police say
The Alexander Mountain fire is the largest currently burning in Colorado.

White House officials and lieutenant governor visit Aurora to tout Biden Cancer Moonshot effort day after Gov. Jared Polis visited the city to announce nicotine factory
The factory announcement left public health advocates stunned the government would incentivize a new manufacturing plant for one of the largest Big Tobacco companies, Phillip Morris.

Central City
Gold was discovered in the mountains west of Denver in 1859.

Polis will be on Biden call with fellow Democratic governors
‘I’m in this race to the end,’ Biden told campaign staffers Wednesday.

Aging Matters: As Colorado gets older, how can the state prepare, and how can we support each other?
Read stories from Colorado Matters’ series, Aging Matters.

Colorado Primary Election 2024: Live blog, results and updates
It’s Election Day in Colorado!

Gerald Ford in Vail
Midwesterners Gerald and Betty Ford spent most of their time in Washington DC after Gerald became a Michigan congressman, later Vice President, then President.

Westbound I-70 reopened near Eisenhower Tunnel after Friday morning crash
Westbound Interstate 70 closed early Friday morning near the Eisenhower Tunnel due to a crash near Silverthorne.

Expect traffic as Kamala Harris gives the Air Force Academy graduation speech Thursday
The Vice President is also touring the Peterson Space Force Base.

Yucca
Last September, Dr. Kim Walter, the digital teacher librarian at Shelton Elementary School in Golden, reached out to tell us she wanted to use Colorado Postcards with her students.

We asked Coloradans to look at our planet from space for Earth Day. Here are their reflections on our “Pale Blue Dot”
For Earth Day 2024, CPR journalists asked a group of people across Colorado to look at that same image of Earth, help us read Sagan’s passage — and tell us how the image makes them feel today.

Tell us what matters most in the upcoming election
Please share your views with our Voter Voices survey, a collaborative effort of newsrooms around Colorado.

Women’s Bank
A century ago, women gained the right to vote. But … credit independence came much later.