Katie Langford

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Katie Langford

Katie is a lifelong Coloradan and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2014. Currently a freelance journalist, she joined the Daily Camera in 2019 and covered the University of Colorado system, CU Boulder and higher education in Boulder County until 2021.

An adult male black bear was removed from Williams Village on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder, in this December 2024 file photo. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Fisherman attacked by bear on Colorado mountain trail

August 22, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Colorado wildlife officials euthanized a bear after it attacked and injured a fisherman walking along a mountain trail in Jefferson County on Friday night.

Colorado man arrested in suspected vandalism ‘became unresponsive’ after police confrontation

August 22, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

A man arrested in a suspected vandalism in western Colorado was hospitalized after a confrontation with Mesa County sheriff's deputies early Saturday, police said.

Federal Boulevard reopens after motorcycle crash seriously injures one

August 22, 2026 at 12:20 p.m.

Federal Boulevard was partially closed in north metro Denver after a motorcycle crash sent one person to the hospital with serious injuries, Westminster police said Saturday.

Denver pedestrian seriously injured in hit-and-run crash near Chaffee Park

August 22, 2026 at 10:17 a.m.

A pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash near Denver鈥檚 Chaffee Park neighborhood early Saturday, police officials said.

Branch DeMersseman reads a book while laying back in a hammock near the Cheesman Park Pavilion on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, at Cheesman Park in Denver. Temperatures around the metro hit triple digits on Friday. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Denver breaks daily record high temperature with triple-digit heat

August 21, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

Denver set a new daily record high temperature on Friday ahead of a slight weekend cool-down and a chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service.

Missing Colorado man found dead in Nashville

August 21, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

A Colorado man who went missing while in Nashville for a work conference was found dead Thursday. Conor Anderson was last seen after leaving a bar early Sunday morning.

Thornton police respond to a shooting in Thornton that killed a male and left a female with serious injuries early Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, near the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and E. 97th Avenue. A responding officer's police truck that was left on Regional Transportation District's N Line tracks later was hit by a train, causing the agency to replace a portion of that line with shuttle buses. (Courtesy of Denver7)

2 killed in Thornton shooting; responding police vehicle struck by RTD N-Line

August 21, 2026 at 8:57 p.m.

Two people were killed in a shooting in Thornton early Friday, closing a section of Colorado Boulevard and leading to a subsequent crash between a Regional Transportation District train and...

Pedestrians make their way up and down 16th Street Mall on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at the intersection of 16th Street and California Street in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Denver’s 16th Street renovation lacked transparency and oversight, auditor says

August 21, 2026 at 7:00 a.m.

Denver鈥檚 auditor found transparency and oversight problems with how DOTI handled the 16th Street renovation project, including when construction crews uncovered a historic brick sewer system that added $18 million...

A message on the marquee of the Boulder Theater announces that the Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder in 2027, as seen on March 27, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Sundance bringing all-star film fest event to University of Denver ahead of Colorado debut

August 20, 2026 at 11:28 a.m.

Coloradans buzzing with anticipation for Boulder鈥檚 first time hosting the Sundance Film Festival聽can get a taste of what抖阴ap in store at an upcoming event at the University of Denver featuring...

Work continues on an Interstate 70 wildlife underpass near the Genesee exit

More lane closures needed for I-70 Floyd Hill construction, CDOT says

August 20, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

CDOT will close one lane of westbound I-70 at exit 244 for U.S. 6 from 9 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday.

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