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Invasive, tree-killing insect found in another Colorado city

It's shimmering blue-green, about the size of a fingernail and intent on making a (deadly) home in every ash tree it finds -- and it has spread to another Colorado city.

The emerald ash borer has killed more than 50 million ash trees in the U.S. since 2002. (Denver Post file)

Fire crews working to contain the Rock Creek Canyon fire west of Cheyenne Mountain State Park on Wednesday encountered a goat who led them up and down the mountain, often stopping to bleat to make sure they were following. The Southern Colorado Interagency Wildland Fire Team wrote on Facebook that fire crews wanted to "give a huge shout out to this cute little path finder who indeed was the GOAT of the Rock Creek Canyon Fire today ensuring all Crews got off the mountain safely."
(Photo courtesy of Southern Colorado Interagency Wildland Fire Team)

This goat escorted Colorado firefighters to a wildfire burning near Cheyenne Mountain: ‘She understood the assignment’

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An election worker tears off "I Voted" stickers during the Virginia redistricting referendum.

Colorado election results: How El Paso County voted in the primary

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Democratic candidates for Colorado's 5th Congressional District Jessica Killin, left, and Joe Reagan, right. (Photos provided by Killin and Reagan campaigns)

2 Army vets vie for chance to unseat U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank: ‘This is not your mother’s Colorado Springs’

By Elizabeth Hernandez

June 11, 2026 at 9:36 a.m.

The district is typically solid red. But national Democrats have marked the race to unseat...

Bourbon Brothers Smokehouse & Tavern and The Hall at Bourbon Brothers is taking over the 50,000-square-foot Celebrity Lanes space in Centennial, at the northwest corner of Parker and Arapahoe roads. (BCA Studios, provided by VENU)

$75 million luxury music venue in Centennial is just the start, says Ford Amphitheater owner

By John Wenzel

April 16, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

The luxury music venue model appears to be working as Venu said it has sold...

DENVER, COLORADO – MARCH 5: Cattails burn from a prescribed burn at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge on April 5, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Federal land managers at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge conducted a controlled burn in an effort to invigorate about 875 acres of short-grass prairie just north of Denver. Several fire agencies, including the US Fish and Wildlife service and crews from Douglas County, Denver Fire, Westminster Fire, South Adams County Fire and Division of Fire Prevention and Control provided help in the prescribed burn. Federal ecologists favor prescribed burns as a smart and cost-efficient tool for restoring degraded landscapes.The burning was to be done between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday and smoke was visible for several miles.
Burning the prairie is expected to boost the growth of native vegetation, with a side benefit of reducing litter strewn about by visitors. The flames also help control weeds and improve habitat for wildlife. And controlled burns help manage the risks of uncontrolled wildfires close to housing developments. Restoring native prairie has proved difficult but gradually is succeeding, ensuring a safe space for wildlife. A herd of about 200 bison now thrives at the refuge. Each foraging bison eats about 40 pounds a day of dry grass. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Outback View fire in El Paso County burned 2 structures, officials say

By John Aguilar

April 6, 2026 at 7:27 p.m.

The El Paso County Sheriff's Office on Monday afternoon ordered an immediate evacuation of an...

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