John Ingold

This is a 1991 aerial view of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility, 16 miles northwest of Denver.

Colorado study finds little evidence Rocky Flats caused cancer in surrounding areas

January 5, 2017 at 5:52 p.m.

Some neighborhoods near the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant have higher-than-expected incidence of certain types of cancer, a new Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment study released Thursday...

Colorado’s Obamacare exchange misspent $9.7 million in federal grants, audit alleges

January 5, 2017 at 9:23 a.m.

Federal officials may ask Colorado to repay nearly $9.7 million from grants used to set up Connect for Health Colorado, the state's Obamacare exchange, after an audit concluded that the...

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt.

Colorado’s opioid and heroin overdose deaths outnumbered homicides in 2015

October 31, 2017 at 12:39 p.m.

Colorado's opiate-overdose epidemic, while not as severe as in other parts of the country, is remaking the measures of death in the state and beginning to rival what are often...

No change in Colorado teens’ marijuana use before and after legalization, study finds

December 28, 2016 at 7:06 p.m.

Recreational marijuana legalization had no impact on how many Colorado teens use pot or on whether they think it is dangerous, but that could be because years of medical marijuana...

An entrance to the Town Center mall at Aurora.

“Large disturbance” leads police to evacuate Aurora mall; similar incidents reported at malls across the country

December 26, 2016 at 11:58 p.m.

Aurora police evacuated the Aurora mall Monday afternoon following several fights that spilled into surrounding parking lots and mirrored scuffles occurring nearly simultaneously in malls nationwide.

Jeffco teen dies after he was shot by friend two days before Christmas

December 26, 2016 at 7:07 p.m.

A Jefferson County teenager who was shot two days before Christmas has died, and a second teen, whom authorities have described as a friend of the victim, is now facing...

Pearl Swidler makes latkes as part of a Hanukkah tradition on Dec. 12, 2016 in Denver.

Why culinary traditions bind Colorado families during the holidays

December 24, 2016 at 9:45 a.m.

If the holidays are a time for family, then food and tradition are the ties that squeeze those families together.

Joe Nunez watches as a Santa hat wearing, 10-year-old Joshua Burke of Aurora, clears the tables at the Denver Rescue Mission Christmas dinner in downtown Denver (1130 Park Avenue West) on Tuesday, December 24, 2002.

Community Christmas dinners showcase Colorado’s diversity

December 24, 2016 at 1:36 p.m.

In cities and towns across Colorado, free Christmas Day dinners are held in city halls and county fairgrounds, restaurants and community centers, revealing the state's diversity and, sometimes, its changes.

Arapahoe House to close all of its detox centers in Denver metro area

December 16, 2016 at 9:53 p.m.

Arapahoe House, a prominent provider of treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in the metro area, will close its detox centers by the summer, ending a program that serves thousands...

Connect for Health Colorado website suffers brief outage as coverage deadline looms

December 15, 2016 at 2:35 p.m.

High volume caused an hourlong outage on the Connect for Health Colorado website Thursday, the last day for people to sign up for plans through the state's Obamacare exchange in...

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