‘Critically endangered’ camel Hagrid dies at Denver Zoo
One of the Denver Zoo’s “critically endangered” Bactrian camels, 6-year-old Hagrid, died last week after an ulcer ate through his stomach, zoo officials said.
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Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive to make last stop on cross-country journey in Greeley
The Big Boy, commissioned in 1941 to haul heavy equipment in support of the war effort, make a stop Wednesday at the 10th Street crossing in Greeley
How uncovering an 1896 diary brought a Colorado woman to the grave of a DU law dean
When the Parker resident stumbled upon a faded leatherbound Excelsior Diary from 1896 in a box of old books given to her husband by family friends, she didn’t immediately realize the trip she would embark on.
4th firefighter dies from injuries suffered in burnover incident on Colorado’s Western Slope
Another firefighter caught in a wildfire on Colorado’s Western Slope last month has died from his injuries, bringing the death toll to four.
From Jolly Ranchers and cheeseburgers to teddy bears and tampons, these inventions were created in Colorado
Colorado is home to several inventions, including Jolly Ranchers, the Denver boot (AKA car boot), tampons, teddy bears, cheeseburgers and snap-button shirts or pearl snaps.
Woman detained by ICE at DIA files habeas petition challenging arrest
Lawyers for Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, the Ecuadorian woman detained by ICE at Denver International Airport this week, have filed a habeas corpus petition challenging her arrest and confinement at the immigration detention facility in Aurora.
Colorado folklore and urban legends: From Tommyknockers to Bigfoot
150 years later, Colorado’s mountain legends and Bigfoot sightings and even conspiracy theories about Denver Airport live on.
Immigration advocates sue town in bid to block new ICE detention center northeast of Denver
Together Colorado and a Weld County resident sued the town of Hudson arguing it must enforce its land development code as the federal government moves toward reopening a shuttered private prison for use as a 1,188-bed ICE detention center.
Colorado labor officials express alarm over ‘disturbing practice’ of asking claimants to cancel unemployment appeals
Staff at Colorado’s unemployment insurance division expressed alarm over what they called a “disturbing practice” of state officials asking claimants to cancel their appeals.
Colorado’s 150th anniversary somber occasion for Native Americans who lost territory
Descendants of Sand Creek massacre, forced removals of Indian tribes see Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood as somber occasion.