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No evacuations were in place as of around 4:30 p.m. and the Grand County Sheriff's Office estimated the fire to be around 50 acres.
Tuesday is a First Alert Weather Day because of severe thunderstorms that could impact firework displays, drone shows, and other holiday outdoor activities.
One firefighter and several police officers were injured while battling a fire at an apartment complex on Monday night.
Copper Mountain has reopened its Summer Hike Park, a short terrain park with two rounds of 3 levels of difficulties of rails for the first time since 2018.
Englewood police and the Arapahoe County Bomb Squad responded to a home on Monday to defuse a pipe bomb.
Fire authorities investigated whether fireworks debris caused a house fire in Aurora late Monday night.
Two houses in Parker have been destroyed after fireworks were improperly disposed of late Monday night.
A Christian graphic artist who the Supreme Court said can refuse to make wedding websites for gay couples pointed during her lawsuit to a request from a man named "Stewart" and his husband-to-be.
After a wet spring, it's looking like many Fourth of July fireworks ceremonies in the Denver metro area and along Colorado's Front Range are a go this year. There are also some drone shows as an alternative.
Denver police say a motorcyclist has died after a shooting on I-70 early Tuesday morning.
Thousands of Coloradans gathered at Civic Center Park to celebrate Independence Eve with a stellar fireworks show.
Water activities are back Monday on Golden's Clear Creek Corridor, just in time for Independence Day holidayers to enjoy the river after more than a month of restrictions to tubers and whitewater athletes, due to dangerous high waters.
The program through Clear Creek Public Health Department is eligible for anyone but is intended to help out the people specifically living in Clear Creek County.
The threat of West Nile virus infections among humans is rising as health departments across Northern Colorado have seen a dramatic spike in the number of host mosquitos that carry the virus.
There are sanctioned legal fireworks displays. And then those that are most likely not so legal. The West Metro Fire Department is always busy around Independence Day as a result of the latter.
This week's First Alert Drought Report shows that recent rainfall across Colorado has eased some of the drought conditions in the state.
Watch meteorologist Callie Zanandrie's forecast.
This week, one Denver metro area community announced a groundbreaking for a new 40-unit apartment complex that is planned to be affordable housing for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
The Colorado State Patrol is sharing a new video of a motorcyclist allegedly evading police when asked to pull over off C470 earlier this month.
Crews were able to get 100% containment on the Mountain View Fire burning in Chaffee County.
With the posting of one flier after another, a family in Golden is hard at work searching for their missing best friend Bugsy.
Gov. Polis said he will make a clemency decision based on the facts of Tina Peters' election interference case, "and there's some that work in her favor, some that work against her."
"We have rights. Fundamental rights," Polis said. "When you're minding your business and doing your own thing, really, the government shouldn't interfere."
South Santa Fe Drive is closed in the southern part of the Denver metro area due to a criminal investigation.
It has been one year since a series of random stabbings in downtown Denver left two dead, two more injured, and the community uneasy.
South Santa Fe Drive is closed in the southern part of the Denver metro area due to a criminal investigation.
A lot of out-of-town visits that were planned for Telluride were canceled because of the strike.
Denver Metro Association of Realtors Committee Member Andrew Abrams answered the question of whether now is a good time to be buying a home in Colorado.
Midfielder Lindsey Heaps (formerly Lindsey Horan) will begin playing for the National Women's Soccer League's expansion in Denver this summer.
Watch Dave Aguilera's Forecast
Saturday's AFC division round playoff game between the Denver Broncos and the Buffalo Bills will kick off at 2:30 p.m. at Empower Field at Mile High.
A figure skating duo based in Colorado Springs — Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea — has been selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy next month.
Lindsey Heaps (formerly Lindsey Horan) will be playing for her home team in Colorado.
Dec. 14 was an unforgettable Sunday at Mile High in Denver. Not just because the Broncos beat the Packers, but because two extraordinary kids got to watch their favorite NFL team, and one took part in the best halftime show of the season: mutton busting.
Inside Ball Arena in Denver on Friday, some Nuggets fans experienced a game like never before. For the first time, blind and low-vision fans could track every pass, shot, and fast break through their fingertips.
"We have rights. Fundamental rights," Polis said. "When you're minding your business and doing your own thing, really, the government shouldn't interfere."
Kaiser Permanente has reached a lawsuit settlement over alleged patient data breaches involving Kaiser websites and mobile applications, with members eligible to receive a payment from a $46 million settlement fund, the health care giant announced.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking to block the Pentagon's efforts to downgrade his retirement rank and pay.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will meet with President Trump on Thursday, a White House official said.
The subpoenas threatened a criminal indictment related to Jerome Powell's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025, according to the Fed chair.
Gov. Polis said he will make a clemency decision based on the facts of Tina Peters' election interference case, "and there's some that work in her favor, some that work against her."
"We have rights. Fundamental rights," Polis said. "When you're minding your business and doing your own thing, really, the government shouldn't interfere."
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeking to block the Pentagon's efforts to downgrade his retirement rank and pay.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will meet with President Trump on Thursday, a White House official said.
"Make America Healthy Again" policies driven by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made major strides in state legislatures, with food additives among the most common targets.
Kaiser Permanente has reached a lawsuit settlement over alleged patient data breaches involving Kaiser websites and mobile applications, with members eligible to receive a payment from a $46 million settlement fund, the health care giant announced.
"Make America Healthy Again" policies driven by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made major strides in state legislatures, with food additives among the most common targets.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Some of Colorado's congressional representatives are reacting to the 3-year Affordable Care Act tax credit extension passed by the House on Thursday.
After the ACA tax credit lapsed in December, enrollees are opting for less robust health plans or dropping coverage altogether.
After more than a week of silence on the slopes, the lifts are spinning again at Telluride Ski Resort. But for the town of Telluride, business owners are worried the damage from the ski patrol strike may take longer to undo.
State officials say the number of people who have filed complaints that they bought contaminated gas in the Denver metro area recently is now over 400, double the number it was on Saturday.
Kaiser Permanente has reached a lawsuit settlement over alleged patient data breaches involving Kaiser websites and mobile applications, with members eligible to receive a payment from a $46 million settlement fund, the health care giant announced.
In addition to the 50 stores in the Denver metro area and Colorado Springs area, the company said it will be building a distribution center in Aurora, which, in itself, is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the area.
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as its new president and vice chairman.
The families of three nonverbal students who were physically abused by a bus aide while traveling to school in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against their children's former school.
Many people who responded to a state survey regarding Xcel's Public Safety Power Shutoffs last month expressed dissatisfaction with Xcel's approach on Dec. 17 and Dec. 19, believing the utility overreacted.
State regulators said the text message from Christian Hatfield, the former district attorney for Colorado's 22nd Judicial District, "caused the staff member emotional harm."
A Venezuelan national suspected in a string of attempted armed robberies in 2024 in Denver's ritzy Cherry Creek North neighborhood has been apprehended in Detroit, according to police and prosecutors.
Six women who say they were drugged and raped by former cardiologist Stephen Matthews plan to file a civil lawsuit against Matthews and the Hinge dating app, which they say allowed Matthews to remain on the app even after women had told Hinge that Matthews was a rapist.
