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Pairing mental health counselors with police on calls shows promise in Colorado

Colorado's marijuana taxes funded 10 co-responder programs that dispatch mental health pros with cops. Two years in, the concept seems to be working in cities along the Front Range.

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Two churches in Colorado granted exemption from state coronavirus guidelines

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Colorado authorities use DNA to identify body found in 1974

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Colorado’s first-ever criminal charges following an avalanche could be slippery slope for backcountry travelers

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Discount cigarette makers file federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate part of Colorado’s Proposition EE

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Denver prosecutors will charge Matthew Dolloff with second-degree murder in protest shooting

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Federal prosecutors charge Texas billionaire with Colorado ties in $2 billion tax fraud scheme

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Man described as neo-Nazi pleads guilty in Pueblo synagogue bomb plot

Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty to attempting to stop people from exercising their religion with an explosive or fire and attempting to destroy a building used in interstate commerce

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Video indicates slain protester was upset about being filmed by 9News producer

Isborn Security Services, the subcontractor that provided Matthew Dolloff as a security guard to 9News, says his actions were "strictly defensive in nature"

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Weld County grand jury indicts man in 1984 Greeley cold-case murder of 12-year-old girl

Steven Pankey was indicted on five charges, including first-degree murder. Jonelle Matthews disappeared on Dec. 20, 1984.

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9News says it requested unarmed security, wasn’t aware Matthew Dolloff had gun before protest shooting

Lee Keltner, a 49-year-old veteran and custom cowboy hat maker, died in the shooting

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Denver security guard acted in self-defense, his lawyer says

Doug Richards, who said he is representing Matthew Dolloff's family, said the man who was shot, Lee Keltner, reached into his shirt which made Dolloff fear for his safety

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Gun-control groups see Colorado’s U.S. Senate race as a big opportunity. But it’s complicated.

Republican incumbent Cory Gardner has been a top recipient of National Rifle Association money in recent years, but Democrat John Hickenlooper’s record on policies tightening firearm regulations includes some asterisks.

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Denver police identify 9News security guard arrested in fatal protest shooting

Matthew Dolloff, 30, is being held for investigation of first-degree murder

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Shooting amid Denver protests leaves man dead; 9News security guard detained as suspect

Videos taken at the scene just outside of the Denver Art Museum showed a confrontation in a crowd of people followed by a single gunshot being fired

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Seven big takeaways from Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper’s third — and most fiery — debate

The two U.S. Senate candidates faced off hours after Colorado elections officials began mailing ballots to voters across the state