The Associated Press

Colorado’s rain-barrel ban is little known and widely flouted, with rain barrels for sale at many home-gardening stores and commonly used by home gardeners.

A bill up for its first hearing Monday in the Colorado House would require public schools with American Indian mascots or logos to get permission from a panel of nine Native Americans.

Officials say they’re trying to shut down about 60 collective growing operations. The collectives are advertised as places to grow pot for people who can’t or don’t want to grow them at home.

Colorado is the only state that doesn’t allow rain barrel use except by people with their own wells. A bill that won preliminary approval in the Colorado House today would change that.

A Purple Heart ceremony will be held Sunday at grave of recipient, Richmond Litman, after a dog discovered the medal a decade ago.

An officer’s police report says 43-year-old Max Potter was stopped Wednesday night for driving with his lights off.

Its unclear if the ski resort will remain open until its original closing day, March 29.

A relative says the accused woman lost her own child more than a decade ago when he accidentally drowned.

Only two people in the state have been convicted of animal fighting during the past three years.

Currently, Colorado law only allows businesses to have one liquor license, which has prevented chain stores from selling alcohol.

The agreement still needs to be approved by each chamber.

Two blasts of magnetic plasma left the sun on Sunday, combined and arrived on Earth Tuesday much earlier and stronger than expected.

From opening day until the end of February, visitation was up 1.9 percent compared to the same time period last season.

The measure would allow parents to exempt their children from “any learning material or activity.”

Amtrak says it will work very hard to operate the train again next season.

Police have arrested a suspect in one of the shootings.