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New Boeing 787 Dreamliner set for DIA takeoff

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:56:21 -0400

DENVER - The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner is set to take off from Denver International Airport after a delay caused by battery failures.

Colorado stoned-driving bill attracts lawsuit

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:01 -0400

DENVER - A stoned-driving bill awaiting the Colorado governor's signature is being challenged by a northern Colorado man who wants to block the measure.

Colo. gov to sign school funding overhaul

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:14:18 -0400

DENVER - Big changes could be coming to public schools in Colorado, assuming Colorado voters want to raise the income tax to pay for them.

$5 million made available for Eisenhower Tunnel

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:01:34 -0400

FRISCO, Colorado - New legislation is making $5 million available to install a fire suppression system in the Eisenhower Tunnel on Interstate 70, but it's unclear how the rest of the $25 million system will be funded.

Moore pledges to make amends for big blunder

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:07 -0400

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Rahim Moore wants so badly to forget it all. No one seems willing to let that happen.

Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:08:04 -0400

DENVER - In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots.

Moore, Broncos put his big blunder behind them

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:59:35 -0400

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - The Denver Broncos have moved on, even if their fans haven't.

Escaped prisoner apprehended in Denver

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:06 -0400

DENVER - A convict who walked away from a minimum security facility a month age has been apprehended in Denver.

Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:54:32 -0400

DENVER - Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

Fire breaks out in truck at Denver train station

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:16 -0400

DENVER - A fire that started in a construction truck has damaged an overhanging awning on Denver's historic Union Station.

Police say child left in car during theft

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:43:54 -0400

DENVER - Denver police are investigating after a woman accused of shoplifting at a Home Depot store was also accused of leaving a child alone in a car in the parking lot on Thursday.

2 more Colorado groups claim IRS discrimination

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:16:25 -0400

DENVER - Two more conservative political groups in Colorado say they were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service to make it hard for them to get tax exemptions. The organizations have small budgets and hold picnics and forums to recruit neighbors to hear about conservative ideas.

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:23 -0400

SEATTLE - Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

Denver prison worst for sex assaults, study says

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:47:34 -0400

DENVER - The Denver Women's Correctional Facility has the nation's worst record of sexual assaults, according to a federal study released Thursday.

Theater attack prompts new Colo. mental health law

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:25 -0400

DENVER - Days after a gunman entered a suburban Denver movie theater, killing 12 moviegoers and injuring 70 others, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado health officials began talking about revamping a state mental health system that had been devastated by budget cuts.

Flags at half-staff in Colo. for fallen Marine

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:30 -0400

DENVER - Flags are flying at half-staff across Colorado in honor of a Parker Marine killed earlier this month in Afghanistan.

Denver police discourage marathon race backpacks

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:50 -0400

DENVER - Denver-area police agencies are telling spectators attending the Colfax Marathon this weekend to leave their bags and backpacks at home.

Settlement reached in 2008 deaths near Aspen

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:44 -0400

DENVER - The families of a Denver couple who were killed along with their two young children by carbon monoxide in a home near Aspen have settled a civil lawsuit.

Suncor Energy toxic spill cleanup continues

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:33:20 -0400

DENVER - Predictions from Colorado health officials that it could take Suncor Energy years to fully clean up contaminated groundwater moving off its refinery in Commerce City are not far off the mark, and state health officials are worried about the long-term effects of hundreds of spills across the state.

Governor orders board to draft water plan

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:39 -0400

DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper is ordering the Colorado Water Conservation Board to come up with a plan to support agriculture in rural Colorado.

DIA wants $2 million for art project

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:10:41 -0400

DENVER - Denver International Airport is proposing one of the largest single purchases of public art in city history.

Colo. gov. ponders clemency for convicted killer

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:40:04 -0400

DENVER - Prosecutors say Nathan Dunlap harbors evil in his heart and deserves to be executed for killing four people 19 years ago.

Woodson meets with Broncos, leaves without deal

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:59:03 -0400

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - Charles Woodson met with the Denver Broncos on Wednesday, then left town without a contract.

Giguere gives Make-A-Wish teen a day to remember

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:33:12 -0400

DENVER - Teenager Logan Piz's request was simply to spend the day with the Stanley Cup trophy. Hanging out with Colorado Avalanche goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere as well?

New limits to Colo. business tax credit approved

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:05 -0400

DENVER - Limits on a Colorado tax credit aimed at spurring economic growth in distressed areas have been put into place.