Anna Staver

Anna Staver covers state politics for The Denver Post. She previously worked at 9 News, the Salem, Oregon, Statesman Journal and Idaho Press Tribune and is a graduate of Kent State University.

The lights of an ambulance illuminate a Longmont Police Officer as the Colorado State Patrol investigates a fatal crash involving two vehicles near Francis Street and Colo. 66 on Wednesday.
Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer Dec. 30, 2015

Man flees Colorado Springs crash, dies in another wreck; dog survives

August 13, 2018 at 1:38 p.m.

An unidentified man died in Colorado Springs Monday morning after he crashed while fleeing the scene of a different accident, according to Colorado Springs Police.

Dog days of summer: Pups swim laps at Denver pool

August 13, 2018 at 9:51 a.m.

About 140 dogs yipped, howled and swam laps at Denver's Cook Park Pool on Sunday.

Tyler Gorrell, 33, of Denver, has been missing for more than a week. His car was found parked at a trail head in Summit County.

Denver man missing in Summit County for more than a week

August 13, 2018 at 6:30 a.m.

Several teams of people continue searching the backcountry near Silverthorne on Sunday for a Denver man whose been missing more than a week.

Sunday will be warm, sunny with temps hitting 90 degrees in some areas

August 12, 2018 at 8:04 a.m.

It's going to be a hot, dry and sunny Sunday in Colorado with temperatures expected to hit 90 degrees this afternoon.

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Initiative to pay for preschool, full-day kindergarten qualifies for Colorado ballot

August 9, 2018 at 4:40 p.m.

Coloradans are going to decide this November whether they want to give more of their money to fund full-day kindergarten, special education, English proficiency and preschool.

Veterinarian Jeff Gerlesits gives a kitten a dewormer during a check up at Homeward Bound Animal Hospital

Colorado vets suspect some pet owners abuse animals to get opioids

August 9, 2018 at 5:07 p.m.

A Kentucky woman was arrested after she confessed to allegedly cutting聽her golden retriever with razor blades so she could use the dog's pain medication.

Lauren Shobe (left) and Ratu Marutle perform an African dance during a Kwanzaa celebration at the Cleo Parker Robinson dance studio on Saturday, December 26, 2015. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)

Denver dance company one of 5 in nation to get $100K grant

August 8, 2018 at 5:13 p.m.

Denver's Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is one of five dance companies nationwide receiving a $100,000 grant from the International Association of Blacks in Dance.

Man in Colorado Springs standoff with officers shoots himself, police say

August 7, 2018 at 5:44 p.m.

Colorado Springs Police are responding to shots fired and asking residents of the聽Village at Springs Ranch to shelter in place.

An electronic billboard comparing the Republican Party to the former Soviet Union went up in Grand Junction in July.

Grand Junction getting second billboard linking Republican Party to Soviet Union

August 8, 2018 at 3:37 p.m.

Drivers in Grand Junction will soon see two billboards comparing the Republican Party to the former Soviet Union after some complaints were raised about a single one.

Latino lawmakers say citizenship question on 2020 Census could hurt Colorado

August 7, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

Nine of Colorado's Latino lawmakers have joined a chorus of Democratic officials from around the country urging federal officials to聽reject聽a request to include a聽question聽about聽citizenship on the 2020 Census.

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