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HER CAMPAIGN HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR SHELTER

New Englewood shelter aims to help women who survived sex trafficking

By Elaine Tassy

A rendering illustrates a planned expansion at a hospital.

Memorial Hospital North set for major expansion at its northern Colorado Springs campus

By Andrea Chalfin

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Government and Politics

What Colorado’s Congress members think of the Department of Government Efficiency, Ramaswamy, Musk and budget cutting

A blurry image of a stolen black Land Rover with a man leaning out of the passenger window and brandishing a gun.

Aurora ‘rolling gunfight’ on Havana linked to 2 other shootings among Venezuelan nationals, police say

By The Sentinel

Oil Prices

Colorado’s inflation rate is flat, remains lower than in the rest of the U.S

By Sarah Mulholland

DURANGO-POLICE

Colorado hopes to tighten requirements to be a law enforcement officer

By Allison Sherry

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Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office steps in for empty Georgetown Police Department

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Colorado waits for its own ruling in grocery merger as Albertsons gives up and sues Kroger for failing to secure deal

By The Associated Press

Photo shows a father, his granddaughter, and daughter in seats at a theater awaiting a performance.

Giving the gift of time: How outings with the older people in your life can make the difference

Colorado Springs inches closer toward approving its new tallest building

RTD board votes to extend CEO Debra Johnson’s contract to 2027

By Nathaniel Minor

A green hillside is broken by a wall of beige sand with the collapsed remains of old buildings at the top and bottom.

Government and Politics

Colorado has tens of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines. Congress just passed a bill to help more groups clean them up

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Investigators looking into burglaries targeting wealthy homes and Asian business owners across Denver metro

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A federal judge temporarily halts the proposed supermarket merger of Kroger and Albertsons

By The Associated Press

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