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Posted inCrime and Courts

Denver Nuggets star’s brother charged with felonies in fatal crash

by The Associated Press 4:42 PM MST on Feb 1, 20238:08 AM MST on Feb 2, 2023

Police say Coban Porter was drunk and speeding when he hit and killed Uber driver Katharina Rothman

Fire investigators stand in front of a burnt home.
Posted inCrime and Courts

Colorado teen sentenced to 10 years for arson that killed 5 from Senegal

by The Associated Press 12:51 PM MST on Feb 1, 20238:08 AM MST on Feb 2, 2023

Three teens set fire to the house out of revenge for a stolen iPhone, which one of them mistakenly traced to the home

Posted inWater

California releases its plan for Colorado River cuts, evaporation loss not included

by The Associated Press 3:45 AM MST on Feb 1, 20238:20 AM MST on Feb 1, 2023

California wants cuts based on Lake Mead elevation and not on water lost to evaporation and transportation, which Colorado and other states propose

Posted inSports

Broncos get Sean Payton as head coach in deal with Saints

by The Associated Press 4:02 PM MST on Jan 31, 20238:16 AM MST on Feb 1, 2023

Denver will give up a couple of draft picks to secure the Super Bowl-winning former New Orleans coach

Natural arches are seen with a blue sky behind them.
Posted inCrime and Courts

Ugandan activist’s family awarded $10.5M for Arches National Park death

by The Associated Press 2:50 PM MST on Jan 31, 20239:31 AM MST on Feb 1, 2023

Esther Nakajjigo was living in Denver and visiting the eastern Utah park when she was killed after wind swung an untethered metal gate into her car

Water flows in a canal
Posted inWater

Six Western states agreed on a plan to dramatically cut their Colorado River use. California is the lone holdout.

by The Associated Press 5:52 PM MST on Jan 30, 20235:15 PM MST on Jan 31, 2023

States missed a mid-August deadline to heed the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s call to propose ways to conserve 2 million to 4 million acre-feet of water.

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Emails reveal big tensions in Colorado River water-use talks

by The Associated Press 4:02 PM MST on Jan 29, 20233:53 PM MST on Jan 31, 2023

Figuring out who absorbs additional water cuts has been contentious, with allegations of drought profiteering, reneging on commitments, too many negotiators in the room and an unsteady hand from the federal government

Posted inCrime and Courts

Judge rules that Boulder King Soopers shooting suspect remains unfit for trial

by The Associated Press 7:45 AM MST on Jan 29, 202312:21 PM MST on Jan 30, 2023

Court proceedings against Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 23, have been paused for more than a year after Judge Ingrid Bakke first found him to be mentally incompetent

Posted inCrime and Courts

Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake

by The Associated Press 4:14 PM MST on Jan 26, 20234:25 PM MST on Jan 26, 2023

The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple’s wedding cake, lost an appeal over his latest case

Posted inWildfire

Can artificial intelligence help Colorado detect wildfires before they turn into disasters?

by The Associated Press 7:29 AM MST on Jan 26, 20237:31 AM MST on Jan 26, 2023

There are hundreds of AI cameras scattered across California, Nevada and Oregon, and even casual viewers can remotely watch wildfires in real time.

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