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Teen survivor of Evergreen High shooting finally returns home after weeks in hospital
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Teen survivor of Evergreen High shooting finally returns home after weeks in hospital

By Jesse Sarles | CBS News Children's Hospital Colorado says one of the teens who was being cared for at their hospital and was seriously injured in the shooting last month at Evergreen High School has returned home. Doctors released the 14-year-old from the hospital on Tuesday. For privacy reasons, the teenager's family is choosing to keep his identity anonymous. A student shot and injured two people at the school in Colorado's foothills on Sept. 10. That shooter later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Last Thursday, the family of the teen released a statement saying he has undergone several surgeries and has a "long and difficult journey of recovery" ahead. They said their son was shot "at close range" while he was confronting the gunman with anoth...
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Colorado experts share warning signs and steps to prevent school shootings
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Colorado experts share warning signs and steps to prevent school shootings

By Alan Gionet | CBS Colorado Two weeks after the shooting at Evergreen High School, students are heading back to classes. It comes as parents and students continue to wonder about the possibility that there may have been ways to stop the shooter who injured two fellow students before taking his own life. "You don't ever want to be that individual that an active shooting happens... and you find out who it is, and you go, 'I knew that was going to happen. I knew it, right?' You gotta' live with that," said AJ DeAndrea, a former deputy police chief with the Arvada Police Department who now runs a safety consulting and training company and has reviewed such shootings to assess threats. His message is for parents, students, and community members who may have fears that someone may be ...
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Suspect arrested after burning Charlie Kirk tribute in Northern Colorado
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Suspect arrested after burning Charlie Kirk tribute in Northern Colorado

By Jennifer McRae | CBS News Police in Northern Colorado have arrested a suspect accused of burning a tribute to Charlie Kirk after Kirk's killing last week. Loveland police and fire officials investigated it as arson, according to the Loveland Police Department.  Police said the memorial was burned just before midnight on Saturday in the 200 block of East 23rd Street. A cloth sign draped over a resident's fence on that street read "RIP Charlie Kirk, we stand with you." In addition to the sign being burned, a rock was thrown through the rear windshield of a vehicle parked at the home, Loveland police said. Loveland police announced on Tuesday morning that David Hunter Gilroy had been arrested on Monday night. Police said, "The investigation remains active, and we wi...
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Colorado ACLU takes aim at Trump bond restrictions for immigrants
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Colorado ACLU takes aim at Trump bond restrictions for immigrants

By Anna Alejo | CBS News A new suit filed in the U.S. District Court of Colorado challenges a Trump administration policy that denies bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country without authorization. The class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado calls the policy "a far-reaching departure from longstanding immigration law," and seeks to represent the entire class of individuals subject to the new bond policy in Colorado.   The ACLU says the detention of immigrants at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Aurora without eligibility for bond raises serious constitutional concerns, adding "the Constitution doesn't allow the government to lock people up without due process." "The law says that they're...
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After Alaska summit Trump says “great progress” no deal yet
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After Alaska summit Trump says “great progress” no deal yet

By Kathryn Watson, Haley Ott, Stefan Becket | CBS News What to know about the Trump-Putin meeting today President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered statements in Alaska after their high-stakes meeting over ending the war in Ukraine. In brief remarks, Putin hinted at unspecified "agreements" and Mr. Trump called the meeting "extremely productive," but neither leader referenced a ceasefire in Ukraine, which Mr. Trump was aiming to secure coming into the meeting. The two leaders met alongside top aides for nearly three hours at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage after a carefully choreographed welcome that included a red carpet and military flyover. CBS News 24/7 has live coverage of the summit from Anchorage, which you can watch in the player abov...
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Mesa County Sues Polis and Weiser Over ICE Detainment Fallout
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Mesa County Sues Polis and Weiser Over ICE Detainment Fallout

By Jennifer McRae and Anna Alejo | CBS News The sheriff of Mesa County in Western Colorado has filed a counter-lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainment of a 19-year-old Utah college student following a traffic stop earlier this summer. She was detained by ICE in Aurora for 15 days. Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell, Mesa County Undersheriff Matthew King, and Mesa County Sheriff's Office Investigations and Special Teams Captain Curtis Brammer are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Rowell et al. v. Weiser et al., which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on Aug. 7. They claim state immigration law is too vague. Lawrence Pacheco, spokesman for the Colorado Attorney General's Office, ...
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Boebert Delivers Big for Small Colorado Towns with ZIP Code Bill
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Boebert Delivers Big for Small Colorado Towns with ZIP Code Bill

By Austen Erblat | CBS News A bill that aims to help smaller cities and towns collect more local revenue has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives and could soon go to the president's desk to be signed into law. The legislation, sponsored by U.S. Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, whose district includes a large swath of Northern Colorado and the Eastern Plains, would create unique ZIP codes for 15 communities across the state, as well as dozens more in other states. All eight members of Colorado's Congressional delegation -- four Democrats and four Republicans -- all voted in favor of the bill. Colorado's Democrats joined 71 others in Congress to bring the final vote on the bill to 278-121, with 31 members of Congress not voting on the bill. One town that could benefit ...
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Douglas County Residents Voice Concerns as John Adams Academy Moves In
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Douglas County Residents Voice Concerns as John Adams Academy Moves In

By Olivia Young | CBS News A fast-growing Colorado community will soon be home to two new schools that are set to open in the next two years. A tuition-free public K-12 charter school, John Adams Academy, has been approved to open in 2026 on 25 acres of land in Douglas County donated by Sterling Ranch LLC. The school will be located in Sterling Ranch, south of Waterton Road and adjacent to Ascent Village. John Adams Academy was approved by the Colorado Charter School Institute last month after being released to the state authorizer by the Douglas County School District. Some community members say that process didn't allow them to fully voice concerns over where their tax dollars were going. A DCSD public elementary school funded by a bond passed last year is set to open in Ster...
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Registered Sex Offender Breaches Colorado School Grounds in Alleged Kidnapping Attempt
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Registered Sex Offender Breaches Colorado School Grounds in Alleged Kidnapping Attempt

By Austin Erblat | CBS News MONDAY UPDATE: Parents are livid at the response of school staff during and after the alleged kidnapping attempt. A Colorado man is in jail after attempting to kidnap a boy at Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora, police say. Solomon Galligan, 33, walked onto school property and approached several children on Friday afternoon and tried to grab a boy before leaving the area, an Aurora police spokesman told CBS News Colorado on Sunday. It wasn't immediately clear what prompted him to leave, but Aurora police say officers found a man matching the description of the one reported and arrested Galligan. A request for an arrest report was pending Sunday. Galligan has been charged with one count of attempted kidnapping and is being held i...
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Ballot Bait-and-Switch? Colorado Gray Wolf Plan Bleeds Taxpayers Dry
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Ballot Bait-and-Switch? Colorado Gray Wolf Plan Bleeds Taxpayers Dry

By Shaun Boyd | CBS News Colorado Parks and Wildlife told an interim legislative committee it has spent about $3 million to relocate 30 wolves to the state over the last two years. That's more than double what voters were told it would cost when they approved wolf reintroduction in 2020. The Blue Book estimated it would cost about $800,000. Ranchers say, not only is the cost of the program out of control, the management of it is off the rails. "A depredating pack was known to have depredated in Oregon before they put them in Middle Park," Tom Harrington, a cattle producer in Roaring Fork Valley, told lawmakers. "They had serious impact there. They packaged them up, put them away for awhile. And then, they put them back out -- right in my backyard." Harrington and other ranch...
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