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Colorado Planned Parenthood clinics turn away Medicaid patients due to federal budget bill
DENVER – This week, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains notified patients that it can no longer provide healthcare services to Medicaid recipients. The organization cited the federal budget bill, which prohibits Medicaid recipients from...

Denver bar serving a $2.5K martini. So, what's in it?
DENVER (KDVR) — Tucked away in an alley, inside a hotel that was once Denver’s old Cherry Creek Post Office, lies B&GC, a speakeasy that’s serving a gold-infused martini worth thousands. It’s known as the Gilded Martini. It’s made like any other...

Colorado labor department reveals it’s received four ICE immigration subpoenas — but won’t say if it complied
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has received four immigration enforcement subpoenas from federal authorities this year — two more than it has publicly disclosed before, the agency confirmed to The Denver Post. All four subpoenas...

Colorado Spends 3,000 Hours a Year Gossiping—Here’s Why
Gossiping is a natural tendency for many people. For some people, it is a lot more natural than for others. Do you think Colorado residents love to gossip? Do Coloradans gossip and spread rumors? Or do we keep to ourselves? We officially have a...

Colorado mental health program to close due to funding shortages, residents in need of shelter
A mental health program in Colorado that helps our most vulnerable is closing down due to funding shortages, leaving residents without a clear path forward. Mental Health Colorado has been running a program called SAFER since the pandemic, an...
Denver museum finds dinosaur bone under its parking lot
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science already houses a vast trove of dinosaur bones, but it recently received an unexpected addition to the collection. The latest fossil didn’t come from a generous benefactor or anonymous donor–it came from...

Denver Nuggets’ 3-Time MVP Jokic Opts Against Extension ... For Now
Nikola Jokic points toward next summer as the time to sign a lucrative contract extension. (AP ... More Photo/Nate Billings)Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The feeding frenzy at the top of the NBA contract extension...

Colorado River officially tests positive for Zebra mussels
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed that the Colorado River has tested positive for Zebra mussels. CPW said that they have found Zebra mussel veligers, a microscopic larval stage of the mussels. “Through our...

Colorado sheriffs to governor: Solve inmate transfer backlog
A coalition of 17 county sheriffs urged Gov. Jared Polis to resolve the Department of Corrections' backlog in inmate transfers and increase what the local officials described as the state's inadequate reimbursement rate for housing inmates in...

Colorado town to purchase Eldora Mountain Resort from POWDR
After months of negotiations, Nederland officials announced July 8 they signed a letter of intent to finalize the purchase of Eldora from POWDR. The cost of the deal was not disclosed. The town plans to issue municipal bonds to fund the...

Colorado Rockies Terrible Defensive Play Actually Could Have Been Way Worse
Things have not gone well for the Colorado Rockies this season, as evidenced by the 21-71 record they carried into Wednesday night's game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. They laid the groundwork for a 72nd loss right out of the gate as...

Colorado Soldier Receives the Soldier’s Medal for Heroism
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert F. Cruz, 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, Colorado Army National Guard, was awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism July 9 in an official ceremony at the Colorado Freedom...

Colorado State Patrol is investigating a crash that killed two people on Thursday
PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KOAA) — Around 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 10, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) says an Audi Sedan was traveling south on McCulloch Boulevard, approaching Idaho Springs Drive in Pueblo West. CSP says the car was traveling at high...

Denver police arrest driver suspected of fatally striking man who was changing his tire on I-25
DENVER — Police in Denver have arrested a woman suspected of striking a man on Interstate 25 early Saturday morning before leaving the scene of the crash and leaving him for dead on the side of the road. A probable cause statement obtained by...

Colorado park rangers rescue drowning paddleboarder
Park rangers in Colorado rescued a woman from drowning at the Horsetooth Reservoir on Thursday afternoon. According to the Poudre Fire Authority, a woman was paddleboarding at the reservoir around 12:30 p.m. when she became stranded. They said she...

Bike Streets app helps cyclists roll with less stress in Denver, while supporting local businesses
DENVER – Often when biking and business end up in the same story, it’s because of a conflict. This isn’t one of those stories. Denver7’s On Two Wheels is always looking out for ways to help Colorado cyclists stay safer while navigating the roads...
What dinosaurs lived in Colorado?
DENVER (KDVR) — On Wednesday, a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil was found 763 feet below a parking lot in City Park, becoming the deepest and oldest fossil ever found within Denver city limits. The fossil was identified as the vertebrae of an...

Democrat Jena Griswold tops $800K for quarter in Colorado attorney general race, setting record
Colorado Democrat Jena Griswold, the term-limited secretary of state, plans to report that her campaign for attorney general raised more than $800,000 in the year's just-completed second quarter, her first in the race. Griswold finished the...

A child fell from a sliding glass door at a Denver shelter. Why was it open?
Denver’s Tamarac Family Shelter off Hampden Avenue. July 9, 2025. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite An 11-year-old girl fell five stories from a sliding glass door on Monday, suffering serious injuries, at the Tamarac Family Shelter in Denver. The...

A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like 'a hole in one from the moon.'
DENVER – A Denver museum known for its dinosaur displays has made a fossil bone find closer to home than anyone ever expected, under its own parking lot. It came from a hole drilled more than 750 feet (230 meters) deep to study geothermal heating...