UCHealth closed on more than 79 acres along Highway 56 in Berthoud, creating a sizable northern Colorado landholding. The system has not yet disclosed plans for the tract.

CSU trials and a city planting sprint are testing drought‑tolerant, pest‑resistant trees as emerald ash borer and heat pressure reshape Denver's canopy. The goal: find species that actually survive.

A Berthoud fire lieutenant is in the ICU after a wrong‑way driver struck his car on I‑25; the wrong‑way driver died at the scene and investigators are probing what happened.

Denver-based SSR Mining agreed to sell its 80% stake in Turkey's Çöpler mine to Cengiz Holding, two years after a 2024 landslide that made the site a legal and environmental flashpoint.

Boulder County reversed course and reinstated the permit for the contentious Cemex Lyons plant after revisiting the traffic analysis behind a planned shutdown. Neighbors and regulators remain sharply divided.

Boulder County is shaping designs for an 11‑mile separated bikeway along U.S. 36 between Boulder and Lyons, with a 12‑ft path, tricky crossings and a roughly $95M estimate.

Jefferson County commissioners approved a 10-month pause on new data center applications to study water, wildfire and public-health impacts. The decision leaves some already‑zoned projects eligible under strict siting rules.

Colorado Democrats filed a complaint seeking to censure Gov. Jared Polis after he commuted Tina Peters' sentence, making her eligible for parole June 1.

A former Lakewood patrol agent now working at an ICE facility in Denver was arrested after prosecutors say he muted and deleted body‑camera recordings during arrests.

Denver police say two people have been charged after separate fentanyl-linked overdoses last year. Medical examiner testing found fentanyl mixed with other drugs in both deaths.

Denver plans to warm and cool downtown with deep geothermal wells and heat recovered from sewers. A micro-loop pilot is targeted in about two years and a broader buildout could follow.

A Trinidad man was found dead near the Ludlow Massacre memorial; state investigators are treating the death as suspicious and are asking for tips.

A five-vehicle crash on Highway 85 left one person dead and several hospitalized; the highway was closed while investigators worked the scene.