US soldier killed in Iraq was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina
The U.S. military has identified a soldier killed while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina.
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Colorado wildfires: Evacuations reissued for Custer County residents near Aspen Acres fire
Colorado’s four most active wildfires — the Aspen Acres, Gold Mountain, Elk and Willow fires — have together consumed nearly 150,000 acres. Custer County residents previously allowed to return home were placed back under mandatory evacuation orders.
Boulder’s biggest music festival drops its Roots (literally). Roots Music Fest is now Tulagi Fest, as founder exits
Boulder Roots Music Fest will return Aug. 27-30 as Tulagi Fest, without Roots Music Project, the nonprofit that helped launch the event.
Interstate 70 closed near Glenwood Springs for mudslides
Interstate 70 remained closed in both directions Tuesday between Exit 97 for Silt and Exit 105 for New Castle, according to CDOT.
How an investor capitalized on Denver’s neglected property problem
John Crays has tackled Denver’s neglected and derelict property list through civil court actions designed to pry these troubled properties from their absentee owners.
It’s picnic time! Find your summertime snacks at these markets and restaurants
Eateries and shops within area parks are perfect for loading up your picnic basket
Today in History: July 21, Bosnian war crime fugitive arrested in Belgrade suburb
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (RA’-doh-van KA’-ra-jich), one of the world’s top war crimes fugitives, was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian security forces.
Denver City Council postpones vote on nightclub licenses after shooting left 1 dead, 8 injured
The Denver City Council postponed a bill that would rewrite the city’s nightclub rules for the first time in decades, citing an early morning shooting at the Ultra Lounge club in southeast Denver that left one person dead and eight injured.
Dozens protest ICE facility following shooting of protester
Dozens of protestors joined a “die in” at the Centennial field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement days after a contractor for the federal agency shot a protestor outside one of its detention facilities.
Outside probe of tuberculosis in Aurora’s ICE detention center remains stuck as officials press for access
Colorado and Adams County public health officials have still not been given access to ICE’s Aurora immigration detention center to investigate a case of tuberculosis.