The Colorado River is in trouble. Some groups want the government to step up
Environmental groups urged the Bureau of Reclamation to use its authority to curb water waste in the Lower Basin states: California, Arizona and Nevada.
University of Northern Colorado among colleges welcoming pets in dorms to reduce students’ stress and anxiety
For students, the companionship can help reduce stress, anxiety and homesickness. The colleges also see benefits for student engagement and helping them build connections with one another.
Startup sports festival promising no drug testing files $800 million lawsuit against critics
The Enhanced Games portray themselves as a league designed to push the limits of human ability while using science to monitor athletes’ intake without punishing them for taking drugs that are banned.
CU Boulder alleged swatting incident part of national wave
It’s unclear what motivated the incidents or if they are connected.
AT&T snatches up wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for $23 billion
AT&T said Tuesday that it’s spending $23 billion to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, a significant expansion of AT&T’s low- and mid-band coverage networks.
Colorado judge rejects plea deal for Return to Nature funeral director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses
A Colorado judge has rejected a plea deal for Jon Hallford, a funeral home owner who abused 191 corpses. Families who had received fake ashes had asked the judge on Friday for harsher punishment.
6 bodies recovered from a Colorado dairy after suspected accident involving gas exposure
The Weld County coroner’s office says the dead are all male and Hispanic.
James Dobson, founder of Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, has died
The former leader of the conservative ministry and campaigner against abortion and gay rights was 89.
10th Circuit panel blocks New Mexico’s 7-day waiting period on gun purchases
Ruling does not apply to Colorado’s waiting period law at this point.
Newsmax to pay Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems $67M to settle defamation case over 2020 election claims
A judge in the case found Newsmax defamed Dominion by airing false information about the company and its equipment.
Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again get less water from the Colorado River in 2026
The Trump administration gave states that rely on the river until mid-November to set preliminary rules for dry years or risk federal intervention.
Record-setting Denver Broncos receiver and coaching pioneer Lionel Taylor dies at 89
Lionel Taylor became the first wide receiver in pro football history to record a 100-catch season.
This is why rabbits with ‘horns’ in Colorado are being called ‘Frankenstein bunnies’
The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which causes wart-like growths that protrude from their faces like metastasizing horns.
Colorado-based Palantir books its first $1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe
Analysts say DOGE has had zero negative impact on Palantir’s U.S. government business.
Colorado funeral home owner accused of sending fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud
Carie Hallford, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in federal court, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Colorado among first stops in Democratic summer blitz to press Republicans on Trump spending plan
The Democratic National Committee’s “Organizing Summer” will feature events in all 50 states, beginning with Alaska, Texas, Colorado and California over the coming week.
