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Analysis Finds Higher Health Insurance Premiums, Reduced Help for Colorado Health Insurance Customers
By Michelle Mendoza Health insurance premiums will increase for many people who buy health insurance through Colorado’s official marketplace and fewer customers in 2026 will qualify for financial help to offset those costs, according to a new...
Real Talk: The number of Colorado farms is shrinking as concerns over labor, overtime rise
GREELEY, Colo. — Leaders of the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association are expressing concerns over the decrease in the number of farms in Colorado. According to the association, 98% of active farm operations in Colorado are family-owned...
CSPD: Driver suspected of DUI hits Colorado Springs police cruiser
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A driver suspected of being under the influence allegedly hit a police cruiser early Saturday morning. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers were assisting a disabled vehicle at 12:43...
How Denver West football changed its culture under Cristobal Velasquez’s watch: ‘Either you’re with it or you’re not’
The excuse was so unfathomable that Cristobal Velasquez was stunned silent. It was 2016, and the Denver West head football coach was in his first season in the program as an assistant. By the time a Week 7 showdown against one of Class 2A’s...
Two Rivers Community School and Garfield Re-2 School District entangled in transportation law dispute
Two Rivers Community School and the Garfield Re-2 School District are currently in disagreement over the charter school bussing students in and out of Re-2 district boundaries — something with elevated stakes given how state and federal funding is...
Over 60 Abortion Businesses Have Closed Down in 2025 So Far
Troy Newman, president of the pro-life group Operation Rescue, announced preliminary findings from the organization’s annual abortion facility survey today and he informed LifeNews that dozens of abortion centers have closed down this year. “Our...
BIG PIVOTS: Will Data Centers Show Up in Colorado’s Rural Areas? Part One
This story by Allen Best appeared on BigPivots.com on October 23, 2025. We are sharing it in two parts. After the story appeared, FERC rejected Tri-State’s proposal for a large load tariff, saying that it did not have jurisdiction. Tri-State would...
Ex-Bronco Paxton Lynch signs with Colorado Spartans to ‘write comeback story’ in arena league
Paxton Lynch was calling plays on the sideline when a chance to run them again came out of nowhere. Lynch was the coaching brains behind the high-powered offense for the Park Hill Pirates youth football team, where his son is a star quarterback....
What Colorado newsrooms are paying journalists in 2025
Corey Hutchins | Inside the News in Colorado Each fall, this newsletter reports on the pay landscape in Colorado journalism. We’re luckier than most on this front because of a 2021 state transparency law that requires Colorado employers to publish...
Suspect steals cash register from Colorado Springs business, police say
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Law enforcement is investigating after a reported robbery Friday night. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers responded at 8:50 p.m. to a robbery in the 3800 block of East Pikes Peak...
Man arrested, shelter-in-place lifted after reported stabbing in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A man was arrested late Thursday night after police said he stabbed a woman. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers were dispatched at 5:04 p.m. to the 3500 block of Cowhand Drive to...
Man arrested for attempted murder in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A man is facing several charges after police responded to an assault call early Friday morning. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers responded at 3:20 a.m. to the 3100 block of...
1 dead, 2 seriously injured after late-night stabbing in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Detectives are investigating after a reported stabbing left one person dead and two others injured Friday night. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers received a call at 11:52 p.m....
Love is Blind put a spotlight on Colorado but it’s not an easy state for filmmakers
Tables at DNVR, a bar on Colfax near Denver’s City Park, are full of 20- and 30-somethings on the edge of their seats. They're not watching the Broncos, Nuggets or Avs. They’re watching the season finale of reality show Love is Blind. One cast...
What voters in 4 truly random Denver places think of the mayor, the bond, Flock and more
Election Day is less than a week away, so Denverite hit the city to see what voters are thinking about. But we didn’t just go for vanilla man-on-the-street interviews. No! We went to a dog costume contest in Highland, a chili cook-off on Colfax...
The Local 303: Colorado artists we’re featuring for November 2025
This month’s Local 303 brings the perfect soundtrack for fall, with a mix of fresh discoveries from across Colorado’s music scene. Fort Collins’ fuzz-folk act Autumnal returns to our Local 303 just in time for November, offering cozy, nostalgic...
Durango family was detained without a warrant — lawyers say it’s another example of ICE not following the law
A top-ranking Colorado Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisor testified Friday that the man and two children stopped and detained in Durango earlier this week were initially mistaken for someone ICE was targeting — but were grabbed and...
Día de los Muertos was often ignored in Denver. That changed in 1983
The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a holiday with roots in pre-Columbian Mexico, celebrated to honor and remember deceased loved ones. Walk around Denver today, and you’ll see elements of the celebration everywhere: candy skulls in...
State asks judge to toss Mesa County’s immigration-stop lawsuit
The state of Colorado is asking that a lawsuit filed against the state by Mesa County be dismissed, the latest in a back-and-forth exchange that began with a traffic stop in Western Colorado that led to a 19-year-old college student’s detainment...
Deadline extended for businesses in certain areas to apply for extended tax credits
Businesses in downtown and northern Grand Junction have more time to apply for extended tax credits, with the state extending the deadline through Dec. 31. The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), along with the...