Katie Langford covers breaking news for The Denver Post. Before joining the Post in 2023, she wrote about education, local government and the arts at the Ouray County Plaindealer, Boulder Daily Camera and Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. A lifelong Coloradan, Katie grew up in Grand Junction and studied journalism at the University of Northern Colorado. When she’s not in the newsroom, Katie enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, being outdoors and soaking up everything Colorado has to offer.
After 26 years of providing Denverites with a more affordable, gently-used option for costly outdoor gear, Wilderness Exchange is closing its doors for good this weekend.
Southbound I-25 reopened near Larkspur in Douglas County after a Tuesday morning crash and vehicle fire, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Coloradans in Fremont and Costilla counties were still under mandatory evacuation orders Saturday as wildfires continued to burn roughly 100 miles apart on Fort Carson and in Chama Canyon.
Colorado saw another day of record-breaking heat and dangerous fire weather on Saturday before a slight cool-off set to begin Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
One person was taken to the hospital Saturday morning after an airplane crashed near a privately owned rural airport in El Paso County, sheriff's officials said.
Former Tattered Cover chief executive Kwame Spearman left the newly-opened Denver Book Society this week amid community backlash over his comments on immigration enforcement during the 2023 mayoral campaign.
Costilla County officials ordered people living east of San Luis to evacuate immediately because of a wildfire burning in Chama Canyon, emergency officials said Friday afternoon.
Three men are facing second-degree murder charges after they beat a man to death in the parking lot of a southeast Denver nightclub, according to police reports.