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Colorado saw a record year in sports betting last year, resulting in over $36 million in tax revenue after over $6 billion in bets were made, the Department of Revenue said. Over $33 million will go toward water conservation.
Officials think there could be plague exposure in public areas and on private land, but health officials are urging people not to try killing the animals themselves, as it can help spread the disease through fleas.
A box truck caught fire during rush hour traffic near Denver on Monday evening, closing the exit ramps from eastbound Interstate 70 to C470/Highway 6 at exit 260 for about 2 hours.
Weather is again temporarily closing Trail Ridge Road, the popular road that runs through Rocky Mountain National Park. Park officials say the closure will extend overnight, and rangers will reassess conditions on Tuesday.
Arvada firefighter Kevin Jacovetta has died as a result of cancer related to his work, according to Arvada fire officials. His passing is being considered a line-of-duty death after he suffered burns rescuing another firefighter.
Commerce City police have issued a shelter-in-place order for a neighborhood near East 63rd Place and Glencoe Street after officials say a suspect fired a gun and then barricaded themselves inside a home.
Smoke from a fire in Wyoming that stemmed from a natural gas pipeline early Sunday morning was visible in Northern Colorado and now law enforcement in Colorado is asking people not to call 911 about it.
South Broadway will experience lane closures in Littleton starting Sunday evening as the city works to both replace a culvert and construct a pedestrian walkway. "Significant" traffic impacts are expected through spring 2026.
A death in Grand Junction, initially believed to be an accidental overdose, was actually the result of a man who was forced at gunpoint to ingest a deadly dose of methamphetamine, police say. The suspect was found in Arkansas.
Barry Morphew, who's now in the middle of his second murder case, bonded out of jail on Friday, Alamosa County Sheriff's Office officials and his attorney said. A judge ruled earlier this month to keep his bond at $3 million.
Several hundred students in the Denver metro area rallied at and marched around the Colorado State Capitol a week after a shooting at Evergreen High School, where a 16-year-old shot and injured two students before killing himself.
The legendary actor and filmmaker founded the Sundance Film Festival, which is moving to Boulder in 2027, and attended the University of Colorado Boulder campus in the 1950s.
Rose Pugliese announced her resignation as House minority leader and state representative amid a scandal at the Colorado General Assembly regarding a lawmaker secretly taking a picture of another and sharing it with colleagues.
A Colorado man says a memorial he erected to conservative activist Charlie Kirk after Kirk's killing last week was burned and destroyed. Police and fire officials are investigating it as an act of arson, Loveland police say.
The FBI said on Monday that it received a tip about a social media account, which has since been connected to the Evergreen High School shooter, two months before he shot two students and then himself.