Partisan control of the Colorado Senate would depend on the outcome of races in eight toss-up districts under the latest draft legislative maps released Thursday, though Democrats would have a clear advantage in the House. Twelve districts under the new Senate draft map would be considered s…

Colorado’s school-aged children are experiencing the highest rates of coronavirus infection among any age group in the state right now. But state health officials Thursday presented new data showing that requiring kids to wear masks while in school is associated with lower rates of COVID-19.…

Former Colorado Republican Party chair Ryan Call will be disbarred after acknowledging he took nearly $280,000 from a super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump while Call served as the political action committee’s treasurer, Colorado Politics reports. William R. Lucero, the state Su…

By Paige Blankenbuehler, High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News and is republished here by permission. In the early days of October 2020, a soft breeze blew across Cold Spring Mountain, rustling the sagebrush and aspen groves. Three prominent conservationi…

The World Health Organization says areas like Colorado’s Front Range counties need stringent new air pollution limits, firing a daunting challenge at Colorado leaders already scrambling to catch up to less-onerous restrictions imposed by the EPA.  The new WHO guidelines released Wednesday, d…

LOVELAND — A police sergeant who was placed on administrative leave following the rough arrest of a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia has resigned. The Loveland Police Department announced Wednesday evening that Phil Metzler submitted his resignation amid a disciplinary review. Police…

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The U.S. government released projections Wednesday that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West. The Bureau of Reclamation recently declared the first-ever shortage on the Colorado River, which means Arizona, N…

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe, The Associated Press The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted us…

Littleton police Wednesday named a suspect in the shooting of one of its officers earlier in the week, and said the officer, who was shot multiple times, is recovering at home. Police identified their suspect in the shooting as 33-year-old Rigoberto Valles Dominguez, who they said is still a…

A Colorado State University Pueblo student who authorities say made threats towards staff and fellow students at the school was arrested on Tuesday after “a large cache of loaded weapons” and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition were allegedly found in his possession on campus. Robert James Kil…

After concluding that oil and gas operator KP Kauffman had engaged in “a pattern of violations” fines for the company were boosted to $2 million, the second largest penalty ever issued by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. In August, the commission levied a $1.8 million fine o…