Colorado Today

Student ICE protests, trans youth care lawsuit, Denver economic climate, Peter Heller on ‘The Dog Stars’

At schools from Denver to Grand Junction, and many points in between, students plan to walk out of class at noon today to register their anger over the Trump administrati

Xcel data center plan gets pushback, CoSprings Utility proposes new solar fees, Latino voters’ views

Colorado’s largest utility has laid out how it plans to meet the booming demand for energy by data centers. But critics say the plan doesn’t go far enough to require that

Dangerous ozone summer, confidential voters exposed, private prison lawsuits, Waymo arrives

The numbers are in and Colorado’s air really did have a terrible summer, thanks in part to ground-level ozone. Then, the state accidentally made personal information abou

Sewage spill in the Arkansas River, ICE brutality allegations, studying dementia in dogs

Communities and parks along the lower Arkansas River have been warned to avoid the waterway as a massive wastewater spill continues to make its way downstream. Then, ICE

School phone bans take effect, late night drag racing dangers, trying to pick a Colorado ‘smell’

This school year started with a lot fewer mobile distractions in some Colorado’s classrooms. As districts roll out their new restrictions, we hear what some students thin

Nepalis in Colorado react to flooding, K9 attack aftermath, Denverites bringing history to life

CORRECTION: In today's segment about Colorado's glaciers, we identified the expert voice throughout as Matthew Siegfried from Colorado School of Mines. However, the final

Colorado's stake in the Meta settlement, immigration crackdown stresses doctors, FoCo teen bikes to college (in PA!)

Colorado helped lead the lawsuit against Meta for practices the state says have harmed kids. So what will it get from the company’s big settlement? Then, doctors say fear

CO vows to fight president's mail voting order, CSP troopers attacked, adaptive motorsports, Dolly Parton remembered

Colorado election officials are vowing to maintain the state’s all-mail ballot system, even as the Trump administration moves forward with plans to restrict who can get b

Denver’s ambitious hosting hopes, CO again seeks FEMA aid, preventing elder fraud, an expensive historic discovery

From political football to actual football, Denver’s jockeying to host some big-name events in the coming years. Then, Gov. Polis requested federal disaster declarations

The latest CO River plan, for now, what’s behind this fall’s giant ballot, where is Colorado growing fastest?

A new plan from the federal government spares Colorado from having to send more water to downstream states, at least for now, and that means some unhappy neighbors. Then,

Glenwood Springs fears quarry expansion, managing Colorado’s wild horses, one bear’s testimony

Millions of tourists visit Glenwood Springs each year, many to visit the town's hot springs. But locals are concerned that plans to expand a nearby mining operation could

ICE contractor sued over public health order, CO’s roadless rule, emergency exercise at DIA, test driving Waymo

After weeks of back-and-forth, the state is going to court to try to force the private company running Aurora’s immigrant detention center to cooperate with a public heal

Victor Marx’s down-ballot implications, evidence problems in Fremont Co, RMNP holds on to timed entry?

Republican leaders in Colorado are wondering, and sometimes worrying, about the larger-than-life political outsider their voters chose for the governor’s race. Then, a co

Unpaid medical bills for ICE detainees, bear incidents way up this year, Bent’s Old Fort deteriorating

Unpaid medical bills are piling up for the immigrant detention center in Aurora, which now owes the hospital run by the University of Colorado millions of dollars. Then,

Colorado farmers struggling, a ‘smoking gun’ in Trump retaliation case, new state historian

Colorado farmers are facing a deluge of challenges all at once. From drought to Congressional gridlock, we hear about what’s weighing on rural Colorado. Then, lawyers for

New safety rules for rideshares, Denver energy rules win in court, inspiring young jazz musicians

New rules for rideshare companies just went into effect in Colorado. We break down what they mean for riders and drivers, and why advocates wish they went further. Then,

Tragic crash in Mesa County, death rate trends, prison production of 12 Angry Men

We’re learning a bit more about the five teens killed when their car went off a cliff this past weekend. Youth traffic fatalities are part of why Colorado’s death rate re

JeffCo schools challenging feds over Title IX, Gunnison Sheriff drops ICE cooperation, pollinators on the golf course

One of Colorado’s biggest school districts is trying to balance a potentially costly legal fight, with faltering finances. We get an update on why JeffCo Schools has gone

Huge data center ignores stop work orders, Broncos development concerns, Telluride Jazz Festival takes a broad approach

Stop work orders keep piling up for a major data center project in Weld County, which appears to have been moving forward without the property zoning or permits, or a cle

Law enforcement hire process investigated, walk-up addiction treatment, Colorado singer sunstoney

Do the psychological assessments given to police department hires cross the line into discrimination? A federal complaint and lawsuit against the Arapahoe County Sheriff’