The Golden City Council voted unanimously to fire City Manger Scott Vargo on Tuesday night for his handling of a “racist incident” in which an employee hung a Black doll by its neck in a fire station stairwell.
A bear made an early morning visit to a Breckenridge hotel Tuesday, helping itself to some chocolate before police officers scared it back into the woods.
Former University of Colorado Boulder professor Ward Churchill, a controversial symbol of academic freedom who was fired after comparing 9/11 victims to a notorious Nazi, has died.
Mandatory evacuations for homes on Passing Sky Drive were lifted, and road closures were in effect for Bradley Road, Grinnell Boulevard and Goldfield Drive.
Dozens of people fell ill over the weekend as things heated up at a taco-themed festival in Colorado Springs, according to the fire department.
As of Sunday morning, the Elk fire had burned an estimated 6,760 acres near Lake City and was 36% contained, according to fire officials.
Greeley police officers and firefighters responded to a grass fire near the U.S. 85 and U.S. 34 interchange shortly before 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
The Elk fire burning near Lake City in southwestern Colorado nearly doubled in size over the course of two days this week, causing containment to drop.
RTD is beefing up light-rail service in Denver for two sold-out Noah Kahan shows at Coors Field this weekend.
The Elk fire grew by 2,236 acres, or 3.5 square miles, between Thursday and Friday night, and is now burning across nearly 6,000 acres a little more than a mile northwest of Lake City.