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Oil Prices

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

By Sarah Mulholland

king soopers

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

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

Aoraki, New Zealand's highest peak

Colorado man among climbers believed to have died in fall on New Zealand’s highest peak

By The Associated Press

NASA's Orion space capsule

NASA further delays Artemis moon mission with Colorado ties

By The Associated Press

An RTD ticket scanner at a station

RTD to roll out credit and debit card tap-to-pay system in 2025

By Nathaniel Minor

Val Tanaka pictured in ski clothes in front of a mountain

Life and Culture

Remembering the centenarian who founded Colorado’s first Black ski club

By Andrea Dukakis

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Coloradans got $5 million more in insurance claims this year thanks to free help from the state

Maggie Long, a cold case victim from 2017

Reward offered for Maggie Long murder case gone cold in Park County

By Elaine Tassy

Mikaela Shiffrin crashes at Alpine Skiing World Cup

Mikaela Shiffrin suffers abdominal puncture wound but no bone or ligament damage in Killington crash

By The Associated Press

Colorado officials are hunting a coyote that attacked and injured a 4-year-old girl

By The Associated Press

A Grand Junction Police Department car is parked in the street in front of a sidewalk that is crowded with people and their things. Grand Junction police officers speak with some residents on a closed sidewalk.

Grand Junction resists calls to close unhoused resource center, facility policies to change

Denver's annual Christkindl Market at Civic Center Park. Dec. 23, 2023.

Life and Culture

From high art to handcrafted gifts, Colorado’s 2024 holiday markets offer treasures for shoppers of all stripes

An unauthorized street sign along a road

Boulder’s explicit traffic safety signs are the latest real-looking fakes on Colorado roads

By Nathaniel Minor and Molly Cruse

Boeing Strike

Boeing to lay off more than 60 workers in Colorado

By The Associated Press and Colorado Public Radio Staff

People vote at Denver Elections' polling station

Government and Politics

Colorado voters are generally optimistic about the future, but many don’t feel aligned with either political party

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Colorado’s unemployment stays relatively low but slowly climbing

By Sarah Mulholland

Three people, including Emily Mooney, study alpine plants on a hillside in the mountains near Fairplay, Colorado.

Colorado Wonders

Where do Colorado’s foothills end and the mountains begin? Experts say it’s complicated

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