Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Greg Lopez is scheduled to be sworn into office on Monday, July 8, after winning last month’s vacancy election in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, a Lopez spokeswoman and House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office told Colorado Politics on Friday.
When Elizabeth Fire Chief T.J. Steck first entered the fire service more than 30 years ago, he was one of more than 2,000 applicants for just six full-time positions with Denver Fire.
Rural communities face critical firefighter shortage, in some cases, outlook is ‘bleak’ Read More »
With a few exceptions, Colorado’s candidates for the state legislature who raised the most money won their races.
Analysis: Those candidates who raised the most won their state legislative races Read More »
Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo plans to report raising nearly $1.8 million in the most recent fundraising quarter in a bid to defend Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District, her campaign told Colorado Politics.
Democrat Yadira Caraveo hauls in nearly $1.8M for quarter in Colorado’s toss-up 8th CD Read More »
The chief of Colorado Parks & Wildlife insisted that “non-lethal” means of managing wolves that kill livestock is crucial especially now that the two wolves brought to Colorado have a pup.
A record 425.6 kilograms of fentanyl — enough to kill the state’s population between 16* and 26 times over, depending on the purity of the drugs — was seized in Colorado in 2023 by the Drug Enforcement Administration Rocky Mountain Field Division.
Study: Fentanyl-related deaths cost Colorado estimated $16 billion last year Read More »
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released their monthly account of where the state’s wolves have been detected, with the data coming from tracking collars on eight animals.
Wolves on the move in Colorado, but still haven’t crossed I-70 Read More »
The Pueblo County Republican Party chair said Tuesday the party is temporarily uprooting from its downtown headquarters in the southern Colorado city after volunteers discovered a bullet hole in a plate glass window days before ballots were due in the state’s primary election.
Pueblo County GOP ‘closing things down’ at its HQ after bullet hole discovered in window Read More »
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a proposed ballot initiative to ban gender-affirming care for children will not appear on the November ballot, while another measure that would revamp the state’s primary elections and implement ranked-choice voting remains eligible.
Colorado Supreme Court bars proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors Read More »
The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, according to members of the American Indian tribe who cautioned that it’s also a signal that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals.
