Katie Langford

Breaking news reporter

Katie Langford

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鈥檚 not in the newsroom, Katie enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, being outdoors and soaking up everything Colorado has to offer.

Search and rescue crews have been combing Mount Shavano in southern Colorado since April 15, 2026, looking for missing hunter Kaden Sites. (Courtesy of the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office)

Extensive search underway for hunter missing in southern Colorado mountains

April 19, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

Search crews are combing the southern Colorado mountains for a missing 27-year-old Salida man who went turkey hunting on Wednesday afternoon and never returned, according to Chaffee County officials.

A semitrailer crash closed several lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 near Colfax Avenue on April 17, 2026, as crews worked to remove the truck dangling off the bridge. (Courtesy of the Colorado Department of Transportation)

Semitrailer crashes on I-70 bridge in west metro Denver

April 17, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

Two lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 are closed in west metro Denver after a semitrailer crashed and partially rolled off of a bridge, officials said Friday.

Snow at Denver International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, was forcing airlines to de-ice.

More than 800 Denver flights delayed, canceled amid Colorado snowstorm

April 17, 2026 at 8:15 p.m.

More than 500 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Friday as a spring storm covered the Front Range with a much-needed blanket of snow.

The Colorado Lottery provides funds to Great Outdoors Colorado, which uses the money to help preserve and enhance the state's parks, trails, wildlife, rivers and open spaces.

Winning $1 million Colorado Lottery ticket sold at Front Range gas station

April 17, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

Someone had a life-changing trip to a Front Range gas station this week when they purchased a winning $1 million Colorado Lottery ticket, state officials said.

Colorado man who lived with lover’s corpse gets 5 years in prison

April 17, 2026 at 12:51 p.m.

A Lakewood man accused of living with the corpse of one of his lovers for almost two years in order to spend the man's social security money was sentenced to...

DENVER, CO. - MARCH 19: Marijuana in flower at an indoor medical marijuana grow March 19, 2013 Denver, Colorado. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post)

Colorado marijuana company recalls contaminated flower sold at Front Range dispensaries

April 17, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A Colorado marijuana company is recalling flower sold at several metro Denver dispensaries after state testing found pesticide levels that exceed legal limits.

EMS supervisor John Aylward, left, and ...

Hazmat spill causes traffic backups on south metro Denver highway

April 16, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

A hazardous materials spill on a south metro Denver highway is causing traffic backups near Parker, fire officials said Thursday.

A video still from a Denver Police Department drone video shows an armed man who was fatally shot by police in the 1000 block of South Quitman Street on April 7, 2026. (Video still via Denver Police Department)

Man fatally shot by Denver police was carrying BB gun, department says

April 16, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A man shot and killed by Denver police while carrying what appeared to be a rifle in a south Denver backyard was actually carrying a BB gun, department officials said...

Police take a pro-Palestine protester to a Denver Sheriff鈥檚 bus to be processed on the Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, April 26, 2024. ..(Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Teacher sues Denver police, Auraria campus over pro-Palestinian protest arrest

April 16, 2026 at 12:03 p.m.

A local teacher arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the Auraria campus is suing Denver police and campus leaders for violating her civil rights, including freedom of speech and assembly,...

Colorado State Patrol file generic via twitter

Northbound I-25 reopen after 5-hour crash closure in northern Colorado

April 15, 2026 at 5:49 p.m.

Northbound I-25 was closed for more than five hours Wednesday morning after two semitrailers crashed near Fort Collins, according to state officials.

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Extensive search underway for hunter missing in southern Colorado mountains

Semitrailer crashes on I-70 bridge in west metro Denver

More than 800 Denver flights delayed, canceled amid Colorado snowstorm

Winning $1 million Colorado Lottery ticket sold at Front Range gas station

Colorado marijuana company recalls contaminated flower sold at Front Range dispensaries

Hazmat spill causes traffic backups on south metro Denver highway

Man fatally shot by Denver police was carrying BB gun, department says

Teacher sues Denver police, Auraria campus over pro-Palestinian protest arrest

Northbound I-25 reopen after 5-hour crash closure in northern Colorado