1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (366+ words) President Donald Trump on Friday named the Colorado School of Mines among roughly a dozen institutions that will share in a $100 million commitment “to train the next generation of American miners.” Paul Johnson, the university’s president, said he is “doing…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (535+ words) Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Energy Office announced Thursday the return of the state’s popular e-bike rebate program, with registration set to open later this month. The office plans to provide point-of-sale rebates totaling $3 million from the Community Access…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (824+ words) A Colorado Springs mother convicted in 2008 of murdering her three children in a house fire might get a new trial after a judge ruled that prosecutors withheld key evidence that could have impacted the jury’s verdict. Deborah Nicholls, whose conviction…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (762+ words) In mid-August every year, a slew of recently passed laws in Colorado go into effect 90 days after the end of the legislative session. This year, all bills without a specified effective date or safety clause — a provision stating the legislation…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (442+ words) The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Monday that Congress acted within its constitutional powers to make it a crime for juveniles to possess handguns in most instances. Under the law, unlawful possession of a handgun is one of the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1176+ words) Multiple federal judges in Colorado have freed people from immigration custody after determining that one immigration judge violated their directives for properly conducting bond hearings. On at least four occasions in July, Colorado’s federal judges found that Bobbie C. Masters…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1218+ words) After years of stalled negotiations among the seven states that rely on the Colorado River, the Department of the Interior on Friday released its own plan for managing the drought-strained system. The river’s current interim operating guidelines, set in 2007, are…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (421+ words) While Colorado has been spared from mandatory reductions, Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by the federal government to stave off crisis in the beleaguered waterway. The proposal from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (150+ words) Emergency crews are responding to a forest fire burning west of Sedalia, prompting evacuation orders for nearby residents Sunday afternoon. At about 5 p.m. Sunday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order for residents within a 2-mile radius of West Douglas…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (834+ words) Colorado wants taxpayers to spend another $4.73 billion on passenger rail. Don’t worry. They have a plan. Which is a little like your brother-in-law announcing he’s launching another exciting restaurant venture after his last three restaurants ended in bankruptcy. Please. Tell…...