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In the seven years since the Animas River turned an alarming mustard color due to the Gold King Mine spill, lawyers representing Colorado's government worked alongside those from federal agencies to file and settle lawsuits against private companies they deemed at least partly responsible. Large sums of money were obtained. Colorado recently turned to the feds themselves for more.
A 34-year-old Lakewood man was pulled from Clear Creek on Friday. Other rafters performed CPR until first responders arrived.
The unidentified woman in his care was brought to Denver Health Medical Center on Christmas Eve 2021. She passed away early Christmas morning.
Sgt. 1st Class John Jean was found deceased after police responded to an early morning shooting at the Epic Hookah Lounge in Colorado Springs in April of 2021.
An owner of a home in an upscale Colorado Springs neighborhood was cited last week for feeding big game animals after a black bear entered the residence three times within two days. The bear was euthanized Friday night.
Sam Jones, a 31-year-old Front Range resident, rode out an avalanche in Quandary Couloir last weekend. He credits the deployment of his backpack airbag with his survival.
A 51-year-old Pueblo man driving a stolen truck crashed into marked police vehicle early Sunday morning and ran from the accident scene.
Searchers found the body of a 31-year-old backcountry skier buried in an avalanche near Breckenridge late Saturday night after the man's girlfriend called 9-1-1 that afternoon and reported him overdue.
A Douglas County District Court judge recently issued a warrant for a Highlands Ranch resident accused of constructing a "booby trap" on his home's front steps which injured a door-to-door salesman.
A Huerfano County District Court judge recently rejected a defendant's agreement with prosecutors for probation after a deputy injured in the suspect's highway pursuit described his lasting injuries as a "life sentence."
All northbound lanes of North Peoria Street were closed Saturday morning as Aurora Police Department investigators studied the scene of a crash involving an Aurora Fire Rescue fire engine and a large sport utility vehicle.
The last of four teenagers arrested for their roles in a November 2021 shooting in Hinkley High School parking lot was sentenced last week.
White-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has decimated bat populations in the eastern U.S. and Canada, has been detected in Colorado for the first time.
A judge sentenced Christopher Pattinson, a 41-year-old paramedic employed by a Denver hospital, to three years in federal prison last week for tampering with narcotics intended for the hospital's patients.
A spokesperson for the Denver office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has confirmed the agency is looking into the circumstances which led to two separate construction site accidents in the Denver metro area last week. One of the accidents killed a worker.