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Medicaid forecast points to more service and funding cuts ahead for state’s most vulnerable

Lawmakers see rising Medicaid costs as driven by a perfect storm of factors as the program overspends its budget by millions of dollars.
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Victor Marx and Phil Weiser’s first gubernatorial debate called off

Republican candidate for governor Victor Marx agreed earlier this week to a moderated debate with Democratic candidate Phil Weiser.
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Water bill with funding for Colorado projects passes the House

Congress has started moving legislation for water projects across Colorado. In one of its last votes until after the November elections, the U.S. House passed the Water Resources Development Act ...
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A daughter confronts dementia and an unthinkable promise in a new one-woman show

Kirsten Wilson’s show is a powerful account of what it’s like to care for a parent with dementia and the life and death ...
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Here’s what to know about Colorado’s winter this year — and what forecasters still can’t tell us

After a record-low snowpack last winter and an exceptionally dry summer, Colorado’s water system is starting the winter with a deficit that can’t be erased in a single season, according to state water ...
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Colorado courts halts mandatory livestreams of proceedings, citing increasing risk to fairness, due process

For the next three months, it will be up to Colorado judges to decide whether to livestream proceedings in their courtrooms. A directive by Colorado’s Supreme Court justice Tuesday said the pause on ...
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Showers, storms arrive in Colorado

Along Metro Denver’s Interstate 25 corridor, storms will be more isolated and likely won’t arrive until the late afternoon or ...
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Sept. 17, 2026: When Earthlings aspired to be like Martians

Former NPR science correspondent David Baron, of Boulder, has written, “The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that ...
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Mesa County man accused of trying to vote twice in June primary

A Grand Junction man faces multiple charges related to voter fraud after attempting to cast a family member’s ballot in ...
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Fort Carson soldier receives his Purple Heart 15 years later

Nearly 16 years after that explosion, Cook received the Purple Heart at Fort Carson on Tuesday. The medal, earned for ...
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Evergreen High School shooting raised questions about gun storage. There are no clear answers a year later.

According to a letter the family’s attorney sent investigators in January, the firearm was a family heirloom that was kept in ...
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Listen: Full closures of I-70 planned in Wheat Ridge for two weekends

The Colorado Department of Transportation will shut down Interstate 70 at Kipling Street, just west of Denver, on the weekends of Sept. 18 and Sept. 25. The shutdown is needed for work on the ...