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2 Colorado Springs locations eyed as potential ICE detention facilities

2 Colorado Springs locations eyed as potential ICE detention facilities

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been considering opening several detention facilities in Colorado, according to the ACLU. The ACLU said six potential locations were considered in Colorado, and two of...

The Colorado Hospitals Association reacts to federal Medicaid cuts

The Colorado Hospitals Association reacts to federal Medicaid cuts

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -According to the Colorado Hospitals Association, federal Medicaid cuts could lead to billions lost in funding for hospitals around the state. “We fear that the one big beautiful bill act will have severe and lasting...

Will Yankees target this NL ace at the Trade Deadline?

Will Yankees target this NL ace at the Trade Deadline?

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Same-Day Appliance Repair in Denver: What You Need to Know

Same-Day Appliance Repair in Denver: What You Need to Know

It’s a blazing July afternoon in Denver. Your fridge stops cooling. Or maybe your washer decides to flood the laundry room right before guests arrive. Sound familiar? When appliances fail, it’s not just inconvenient—it’s stressful. That’s where...

Abortion, Colorado River, and Interpleader

A short excerpt from today's long Braid v. Stilley, written by Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Scudder and joined by Chief Judge Diane Sykes and Judge Thomas Kirsch: In September 2021 Dr. Alan Braid, a Texas OB/GYN, wrote an editorial in the...

Colorado sheriffs to governor: Solve inmate transfer backlog

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...

After Trump Appoints Local Anti-Abortion Lawyer to DOJ, Hickenlooper Talks Comstock Act with CO Abortion Providers

After Trump Appoints Local Anti-Abortion Lawyer to DOJ, Hickenlooper Talks Comstock Act with CO Abortion Providers

Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) joined pro-abortion activists and abortion providers for a panel discussion on his proposed legislation to reign in the Comstock Act. His meeting took place one week after President Trump appointed Boulder lawyer Josh...

Colorado labor department reveals it’s received four ICE immigration subpoenas — but won’t say if it complied

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...

Denver museum finds dinosaur bone under its parking lot

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...

Colorado town to purchase Eldora Mountain Resort from POWDR

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...

70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil found beneath Denver museum’s parking lot

70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil found beneath Denver museum’s parking lot

***Video above: Prehistoric discovery made in Lorain County.*** DENVER (WJW) — Researchers with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science were thrilled after a dinosaur fossil from nearly 70 million years ago was discovered right under their feet....

Bike Streets app helps cyclists roll with less stress in Denver, while supporting local businesses

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...

A child fell from a sliding glass door at a Denver shelter. Why was it open?

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...

Denver bar serving a $2.5K martini. So, what's in it?

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...

Dear Colorado: Come visit the Little Theatre in Greeley

Dear Colorado: Come visit the Little Theatre in Greeley

Quick: Name the oldest continuously operating theater company in Colorado. Chances are you did not guess Greeley’s Little Theatre of the Rockies, which is chugging along in its 91st summer season through ever-changing times, economics and cultural...

Some states have legalized recreational marijuana. Does OK allow it?

Some states have legalized recreational marijuana. Does OK allow it?

Nearly half of states across the U.S. have legalized recreational marijuana, but Oklahoma remains hesitant. While 24 states have adopted laws allowing adults to purchase and consume cannabis for non-medical use, Oklahoma continues to prohibit it....

New site helps Colorado tourists, hikers find and identify wildflowers in bloom

New site helps Colorado tourists, hikers find and identify wildflowers in bloom

A new website is highlighting Colorado's natural beauty by helping tourists, naturalists and hikers identify which wildflowers are in bloom in real-time. Wildflowers blooming in Black Powder Pass. Holly Blando One of the things Breckenridge is...

Democrat Jena Griswold tops $800K for quarter in Colorado attorney general race, setting record

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...

Denver Nuggets’ 3-Time MVP Jokic Opts Against Extension ... For Now

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...

Police investigating officer-involved shooting in Denver metro area

Police investigating officer-involved shooting in Denver metro area

Police investigating officer-involved shooting in Denver metro area Police investigating officer-involved shooting in Denver metro area 00:20 Police in the Denver metro area are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left one person dead...

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