Jesse Bedayn

New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town in Colorado has a storied support network.

December 24, 2023 at 11:52 a.m.

Millions of migrants have arrived in the U.S. in recent years, many in cities and counties across America. After an arduous journey, they face the next challenges of finding enough...

FILE – Kebrina Chirdon lights candles at a memorial outside of Club Q on Nov. 25, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. After the mass shooting last November at the LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs that turned a drag queen’s birthday celebration into a massacre, the conservative community was forced to reckon with its reputation for being unwelcoming to gay, lesbian and transgender people. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP, File)

LGBTQ+ advocates say work remains as Colorado Springs marks anniversary of Club Q attack

November 19, 2023 at 10:45 a.m.

After the mass shooting last November at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs that turned a drag queen鈥檚 birthday celebration into a massacre, the conservative community was forced to reckon...

Photos of Sara Lee Swoveland, center in the left image, and her family are seen in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Her daughter, Abby Hoveland, says she believes the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., gave her cement dust instead of her mother's ashes. The business where nearly 200 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press from customers and crematories. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Family sues Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were found over alleged fake ashes

October 30, 2023 at 6:42 p.m.

A family filed a lawsuit Monday against a Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were found, alleging the owners allowed the remains of their loved ones to 鈥渞ot鈥� away...

A sign covers the broken back window of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The remains of at least 189 decaying bodies were found and removed from the Colorado funeral home. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Evidence suggests families received fake ashes from Colorado funeral home where 189 bodies were found

October 20, 2023 at 11:06 a.m.

A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by...

A hearse and debris can be seen at the rear of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs 鈥済reen鈥� burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)

Colorado funeral home with 鈥済reen鈥� burials under investigation after improperly stored bodies found

October 5, 2023 at 5:12 p.m.

Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs what they call 鈥済reen鈥� burials without embalming chemicals or metal...

Jack Phillips, who's case was heard by the Supreme Court several years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court, Dec. 5, 2022, in Washington. Colorado鈥檚 highest court said Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, that it will hear the case of Phillips, a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Colorado Supreme Court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to make LGBTQ-themed cake

October 3, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.

On the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court victory this summer for a graphic artist who didn鈥檛 want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples, Colorado鈥檚 highest court said Tuesday...

This selfie photo provided by Trevala Jara shows Trevala Jara, left, and Christine Vance posing for a photo together in July 2022 in Colorado. Vance left with her sister and nephew to try and live off the grid at a remote campsite in Colorado鈥檚 Rocky Mountains. (Trevala Jara via AP)

Three found dead at remote Rocky Mountain campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister says

August 31, 2023 at 10:03 p.m.

The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and teenage son at a remote Rocky Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness...

James Toliver Craig, 45. (Photo provided by Aurora Police Department)

Aurora dentist accused of killing wife by poisoning her protein shakes expected to plead not guilty

August 29, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

James Craig, the Aurora dentist accused of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with poison, is set to enter a plea in court to a first-degree murder charge...

Lorie Smith, a Christian graphic artist and website designer in Colorado, right, accompanied by her lawyer, Kristen Waggoner of the Alliance Defending Freedom, second from left, speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, after her case was heard before the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Man named in Supreme Court抖阴ap Colorado gay rights ruling says he didn鈥檛 request a wedding website

July 1, 2023 at 11:45 a.m.

The request in dispute, from a person identified as 鈥淪tewart,鈥� wasn鈥檛 the basis for the federal lawsuit filed preemptively seven years ago by web designer Lorie Smith, before she started...

Girlfriend of the dentist who killed his wife on safari sentenced to 17 years

June 27, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.

A federal judge sentenced the girlfriend of the dentist convicted of murdering his wife on an African safari to 17 years in prison Friday.

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