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Judge rejects challenge to Colorado wildlife officials’ plan to kill black bears and mountain lions
Judge Robert McGahey, Jr., ruled that Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists can continue with plans to cull mountain lions and black bears from the Piceance and Upper Arkansas River basins
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Silverman: It’s happening. Impeachment is moving to the U.S. Senate this week. The trial is imminent.
By Craig Silverman Opinion
Gov. Polis said he wanted to close a private prison. GEO Group beat him to it, leaving Colorado scrambling.
By Jesse Paul Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
Silverman: The criminal justice pendulum is swinging the other direction in Colorado
By Craig Silverman Opinion
Grand Junction weapons company to pay $1 million for selling Army subpar grenade launchers
By The Associated Press Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
After haunting Colorado for three decades, there is new hope in the Jonelle Matthews case
Life changed for a generation of Colorado kids — and law enforcement — when Jonelle Matthews disappeared in 1984. Now police have a person of interest.
Nicolais: Trying to “do better” for sexual assault victims
Featured in Netflix’s Unbelievable series, the manhunt for a serial rapist in Colorado serves as just a backdrop to the real story.
Opinion
Paranoia, a dark past and a face on a dating app add new twists to a tale inspired by a real-life crime
Moved by the 2014 "Slenderman" crime in Wisconsin, author Carter Wilson introduces a stabbing victim haunted by her past and struggling to move on
Adams County DA had “romantic relationship” with victim advocate who died last month, court record says
Kate Petrocco’s family cites the relationship with District Attorney Dave Young as a reason to keep him away from the investigation into her death
Life in Americas’ public-shooting-era: “You can’t just not go”
Colorado has seen its share of public mass shootings, from the 2012 Aurora theater shooting to a 2015 attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs
DNA testing leads to break in decades-old Colorado murder case. But privacy questions are being raised.
Police used a DNA database and a fast food cup to zero in on a suspect in the 1987 death of 20-year-old Fort Carson soldier Darlene Krashoc
Federal investigation launched into former Westminster cop sentenced to 90 days in jail for unlawful sexual contact
The sentence handed down against Curtis Lee Arganbright drew outrage from some. A federal case could bring him substantially more time behind bars.
Illegal voting conviction in small Colorado town that prompted call for federal investigation is overturned
Marie Rossmiller was convicted last year of voting in the wrong precinct of tiny Pitkin. In May, a judge ruled that the case had been improperly handled by a lower court.
