Regional News

Spiritualists and skeptics weighed in on an 1876 Colorado séance

150 years ago this week, the Rocky Mountain News ran a sensational report on the ‘astonishing occurrences’ at the Gomer…

March 23, 2026 • By Chase Woodruff — Colorado Newsline

Drought

Colorado’s early snowmelt is a preview of a hotter future

Expect a longer wildfire season and major headaches for state water managers

March 23, 2026 • Sam Brasch — Colorado Public Radio

Headlines

Heat wave to hit much of Colorado heading into first day of spring

National Weather Service forecasts temperatures in the 80s Thursday through Saturday in Durango

March 19, 2026 • Tegan Wendland — Colorado Public Radio

Crime

Tina Peters found not guilty of assaulting inmate in January scuffle

Video footage shows former county clerk grabbing toward another inmate's neck

March 18, 2026 • Ava Kian — Colorado Public Radio

Colorado

Colorado’s constitutional convention adjourned 150 years ago this week

As the territory’s weather warmed, new fashions arrived from the East

March 18, 2026 • By Chase Woodruff — Colorado Newsline

Colorado Legislature

Colorado Legislature passes bill aimed at increasing vaccine access for children

Diseases put ‘in the history books’ could return because of ‘uncertain federal times,’ lawmaker says

March 17, 2026 • Sara Wilson — Colorado Newsline

Blotter

The Blotter, March 12-13

cca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 9:13 a.m. Someone contacted deputies to report an ongoing issue with reckless drivers…

March 13, 2026 • Scout Edmondson — Herald Staff Writer

Headlines

Colorado now has 10 recorded measles cases as Broomfield outbreak spreads

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is seen at International Community Health Services on Sept. 10…

March 13, 2026 • John Daley — Colorado Public Radio

Colorado

American outdoor recreation economy tops $1.3 trillion, with Colorado again in top 10 states

Latest Bureau of Economic Analysis numbers show growing outdoor recreation sector as critical economic engine for rural America

March 13, 2026 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

Headlines

Some Colorado lawmakers wanted to make it harder to get public records. The bill died … again

Measure didn’t make it out of first Senate committee hearing

March 12, 2026 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Parks and Wildlife Commission accepts petition to ban Colorado fur sales in ‘embarrassing’ meeting

Commissioners voted 6-4 amid public pushback and criticism

March 12, 2026 • Tracy Ross — The Colorado Sun

Headlines

‘They didn’t have a clue’: ICE agents struggle to answer questions about warrantless arrests in Colorado

Lawyers for immigrants allege officers are violating a court order limiting how they can arrest people

March 12, 2026 • Taylor Dolven — The Colorado Sun

Blotter

The Blotter, March 6-9

cca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 9:32 a.m. Two puppies were running loose on U.S. Highway 160, east of…

March 10, 2026 • Scout Edmondson — Herald Staff Writer

Colorado

Colorado constitutional debates foreshadowed a populist backlash against Gilded Age railroad barons

Political corruption and exorbitant shipping rates fueled the anticorporate Granger movement

March 9, 2026 • By Chase Woodruff — Colorado Newsline