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How a tattooed punk music-loving electrician disrupted the race for Colorado’s new congressional district
Richard Ward, the Libertarian candidate for the 8th Congressional District 鈥� one of the most competitive and closely watched U.S. House races in the country 鈥� may have singlehandedly tipped...
The crude marriage of oil drilling and bitcoin mining gets a wary eye from Adams County
To the untrained eye, the nondescript boxes and containers scattered around some oil and gas wells in Colorado look a lot like the equipment typically found at a well pad...
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As Arapahoe County struggles with cost, Aurora rebuffs request for more time to take its domestic violence cases
Aurora City Council this week declined to give Arapahoe County another year to prepare before moving its domestic violence cases from municipal court to county court. "There is zero wiggle...
Would Douglas County’s home-rule bid counter Colorado Democrats — or is it “the politics of defiance”?
Home-rule authority is a power that leaders in the conservative suburban county hope to wield as a defensive weapon against what they consider legislative overreach by state lawmakers.
Colorado ranchers, with Boebert’s backing, are in uproar over feds’ high-voltage power corridor: “The trust is broken”
Resistance is building in southeastern Colorado to a proposed corridor for a high-voltage transmission line that the U.S. Department of Energy is considering establishing in three states.
Left turns get special treatment on Santa Fe Drive in Douglas County as traffic engineers aim to reduce congestion
This week, the first of three "continuous-flow intersections" will open on a nearly three-mile stretch of U.S. 85 that's notorious for aggravating traffic backups.
Sen. Bernie Sanders to host Denver rally against Trump, Musk with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will make an appearance in Denver, alongside liberal firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, for the latest stop on Sanders' national "Fighting Oligarchy"...
Builder claims Xcel’s service, installation delays caused “lost sales” in Broomfield housing development
"Developers were forced to pay taxes on each of the residential lots within the project, despite the inability to fully develop and sell those properties because of the lack of...
Lakewood loosens green space mandates for homebuilders after projects ground to a halt
Council revamped a controversial land-use ordinance that city leaders hope will break a logjam in getting badly needed housing projects approved.
Arvada, after nixing homeless facility amid neighborhood outcry, still faces a growing problem. Now what?
Arvada has created a plan to deal with homelessness as part of its City Council Strategic Plan 2024-2030.
Castle Rock taps AI to plug underground water leaks — and prevent the loss of millions of gallons
Castle Rock Water lost 166 million gallons of water in 2023 as the life-giving liquid silently escaped from pipes, fittings and valves. It hopes to harness AI-driven technology to detect...
Colorado Springs voters’ approval of recreational weed will stand after courts invalidate repeal attempt
Colorado Springs will send out ballots for its April municipal election without a question about overturning legalized recreational pot sales after courts invalidated the ballot measure.