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Boulder Abortion Clinic, one of the few in the nation to provide the procedure late in pregnancy, closes after 50 years

· Apr. 24, 2025

Government and Politics

Polis vetoes social media bill, setting up potential showdown with legislature

By Bente Birkeland

· Apr. 24, 2025

Do weekends count? Not when tolling immigration timelines, U.S. Supreme Court decides in Colorado man’s case

By Allison Sherry

· Apr. 24, 2025

Colorado Springs-based Ent Credit Union to merge with Minnesota financial institution

By Andrea Chalfin

· Apr. 24, 2025

Travis Hunter picked at number two in NFL Draft, first player in history announced at two positions and highest CU selection in 50 years

By Tony Gorman, Alejandro A. Alonso Galva, and The Associated Press

NFL Draft Football

Wildland firefighter watches National Guard helicopter picks up water

National Guard helicopters will be pivotal this wildfire season. But first, crews must train for water drops

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How to mine your backyard for underground heat — and why it might get cheaper in Colorado

A woman in a gray down winter coat stands with her arms spread in front of a UFO Watchtower tourist attraction.

Life and Culture

UFO Watchtower in the San Luis Valley famous for a horse skeleton and vortexes celebrates 25 years of aliens

five women sitting in stools one holding a mic talking as panelists

Women entrepreneurs over 40 learn and celebrate at weekend conference in Greenwood Village

By Elaine Tassy

Humans cause most of Colorado’s wildfires, but a lack of investigative resources means few are held responsible

By Ben Markus and Veronica Penney

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ERPO in 8 charts: What we learned from reading hundreds of ‘red flag’ cases in Colorado

By Andrew Kenney

The new park "cap" over I-70 in Elyria Swansea. Nov. 30, 2022.

Colorado built a park over I-70 to contain pollution. Is the air safe to breathe?

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‘There’s winners and losers’: Colorado is hoping to reform mental health, but a failed overhaul in 2014 shows how political connections maintain the status quo

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