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The new evacuations Sunday included the small towns of Wellsville and Swissvale southeast of Salida as the fire grew to about 12.7 square miles.
Jefferson County has a green way for residents to prevent wildfires. The 'Slash Program' gets natural fire hazards off residents' properties and processed into compost.
Longmont police are searching for a man suspected of starting a fire inside Central Longmont Presbyterian Church early Sunday morning. Officers were called to the church on Kimbark Street around 5:40 a.m.
There will be noticeable temperature swings this week, but no rain or snow through Friday. Then a new weather pattern takes over starting Sunday.
Pizza and cafes are some of Denver's West Highland's most popular spots.
Longmont police are searching for a man suspected of starting a fire inside Central Longmont Presbyterian Church early Sunday morning.
Teachers with the Park County School District are planning to strike Monday following failed negotiations with the school district.
Run the Rocks raised $108,825.23 for the American Lung Association in Colorado Sunday morning.
Grab some lunch and score dessert in this Aurora neighborhood.
Some call it the "longest, wickedest street in America," and for years a Denver resident has been chronicling every part of Colfax Avenue's history.
Tivoli Brewing Company partnered with a local nonprofit to launch a beer that helps the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation.
More than one hundred people were on hand to help clean up Boulder Creek on Sunday.
Investigators are working to determine what started a house fire Sunday morning in Arvada.
A young father who lost part of his leg a decade ago donated one of his kidneys this year.
A report by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative says the state's 54 highest summits continue to see an increasing number of people seeking to climb the fourteeners.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is contacting people who attended a puppy adoption event last month in one Colorado city. The health department is screening attendees after a puppy tested positive for rabies on Wednesday. READ THE FULL STORY
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Officers with the Denver Police Department provided backpacks for students at McMeen Elementary on Saturday.
There is a renewed push to save one of Denver's most historic and endangered places, the Zuni Steam Plant.
CDPHE says the rabies-positive puppy came from Texas and has since been euthanized. The puppy was part of an adoption event with its 11 littermates at Moms and Mutts Colorado Rescue for Pregnant and Nursing Dogs, located at 2721 West Oxford Avenue in Englewood on July 20.
The owner of a wellness and birth center and a certified professional midwife made their first appearance in court following their arrests this week.
Some of the fans who lined up outside a Denver club hoping to see Garth Brooks perform there have experienced medical issues that are apparently due to heat.
Prosecutors are asking a judge to further tighten Barry Morphew's bond conditions following an alleged hit-and-run in Denver that was first reported by CBS Colorado.
City officials said some parts of the lake that should measure 12 feet deep are only four feet deep.
Two Colorado philanthropists have donated money to help rebuild the City Park bandstand that was destroyed in a fire earlier this year.
The owner of a wellness and birth center and a certified professional midwife made their first appearance in court following their arrests this week.
Some of the fans who lined up outside a Denver club hoping to see Garth Brooks perform there have experienced medical issues that are apparently due to heat.
Lindsey Fish, a Colorado doctor and chief of Urgent Care at Denver Health, spoke about how to prevent opioid overdoses and how to treat substance use disorders.
Prosecutors are asking a judge to further tighten Barry Morphew's bond conditions following an alleged hit-and-run in Denver that was first reported by CBS Colorado.
A big bear broke a gate trying to get into a yard where trash cans were stored.
The Colorado Buffaloes football season kicks off on Thursday night, and Coach Deion Sanders is hoping for a better record this year.
Tiger Woods has pled no contest to a charge of reckless driving months after pleading not guilty to two misdemeanor charges.
The Denver Broncos Foundation has helped launch a new effort to ensure that students attend school.
The sale ends the turbulent 23-year ownership for business mogul Arte Moreno.
The legal wrangling comes with the clock ticking toward Colorado's season opener at Georgia Tech on Sept. 3.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remembered activist Gloria Steinem as "one of the architects of the entire structure of women's equality," while encouraging young women to lift up each other.
The U.S. military intercepted and sank a vessel that was allegedly being used to support at-sea drug trafficking by the Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, officials said.
The Pentagon says "Operation Epic Fury" ended on May 5, after an Air Force email last month told service members to stop using the name for ongoing Iran operations.
A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
Meta upgrades its AI glasses' privacy features to block device users from filming people without their consent.
Leon Black, a former close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was subpoenaed in June after he abruptly left a voluntary appearance before the House Oversight Committee.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remembered activist Gloria Steinem as "one of the architects of the entire structure of women's equality," while encouraging young women to lift up each other.
The U.S. military intercepted and sank a vessel that was allegedly being used to support at-sea drug trafficking by the Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, officials said.
The Pentagon says "Operation Epic Fury" ended on May 5, after an Air Force email last month told service members to stop using the name for ongoing Iran operations.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump executive order that would prevent certain people from automatically becoming U.S. citizens at birth.
Arapahoe County Public Health has invested money to support moms and families through a bilingual doula program. Doulas are trained to give support before, during and after birth.
Clean air advocates are asking local and state leaders in Colorado to act on the unhealthy ozone levels and their impacts.
If passed, the legislation would expand eligibility for residents in 57 Colorado zip codes to get compensation based on a list of eligible diseases and cancers, and would include coverage for workers and residents known as "downwinders."
On Monday, health officials confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus found in Weld County this year.
The White House said the agreements will reduce costs to treat Parkinson's disease, macular degeneration, glaucoma, liver disease and other illnesses.
Meta upgrades its AI glasses' privacy features to block device users from filming people without their consent.
A trade deal with Canada is about to give Chinese EV makers already grabbing major market share elsewhere a foothold just over the Detroit River.
The U.S. Mint said the President Donald J. Trump $1 coin can be bought in packages of 25 for $61 or 100 coins for $154.50.
Chevron, the only U.S. oil company operating in Venezuela, said it has received additional land in the Orinoco Belt region and plans to double its oil production.
President Trump framed last week's deal for the U.S. government to take a stake in Venezuelan oil as a boon for the depleted Strategic Petroleum Reserve. But the plan faces some hurdles, experts say.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's security detail drew his gun on a man at Union Station last week, the mayor's office said Monday.
Denver City Attorney Faces Second Ethics Complaint, This One Over DIA Legal Work
An anonymous Denver city employee has filed an ethics complaint against City Attorney Miko Brown, alleging she may have violated the Denver Code of Ethics in connection with the city's hiring of the law firm where Brown previously worked.
The city of Denver is paying four lawyers at an outside law firm as much as $800 an hour to defend the city in two employee lawsuits, despite being in a $200 million deficit.
Colorado's hemp-derived THC industry could see major changes later this year, though a federal crackdown scheduled for November may be temporarily postponed.
