How much did it snow? Colorado snow totals for Jan. 18-19, 2026 snowstorm
Winter returned to Colorado overnight Sunday after a heatwave brought near record-breaking temperatures to the Front Range.
Empower Field kitchen fights food waste with donation program
Chef Shannon DeMaree said after every event at Empower Field, they end up with about 1,000 pounds of unsold food from suites to donate to people in need.
Polis creates task force for managing pine beetles, CU entomoligst Dr. Sammy Ramsey explains...
Pine trees stand at a waterfall (KGNU / Rocky Mountain Community Radio. Last month, the Polis administration announced the launching of a dedicated pine beetle task force to combat the damage to Colorado’s many pine trees caused by the feeding and nesting of pine beetles. Mounting evidence suggests that the spread of...
2-year-old dead in Denver; man arrested
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 2-year-old was found dead Sunday in Denver. The Denver Police Department said they were called out to a home in the 100 block of South Vrain Street on a report of a toddler who was unresponsive, according to a post Sunday evening on the department’s official X […]
U.S. Hwy. 285 closes at Kenosha Pass in both directions due to jack-knifed semi
U.S. Highway 285 closed at Kenosha Pass in both directions late Monday morning, early afternoon, due to a jack-knifed semitruck, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
Another storm set to hit Colorado later this week
It will be a slick and chilly start to the day. A quick round of snow moved through overnight, but skies will quickly clear by mid-morning.
Noodles & Co. Closing Up to 35 Locales in ’26
Noodles & Co. (Broomfield, Colo.) said it plans to shutter 30-to-35 more restaurants this year, as it continues rid itself of underperforming locales. That announcement comes on the heels of the chain closing 33 company-owned restaurants and nine franchise ones in 2025. The company detailed those closings in a news...
Green Valley Ranch Teen Lured Into Ambush Killing, Grieving Mom Demands Answers
Green Valley Ranch is on edge after a 16-year-old boy was ambushed and fatally shot, leaving his mother demanding answers. Police say Caleb Toko was discovered in the early hours of Sept. 20, 2025, near Argonne Street and East 50th Place and later died at a hospital. Relatives and neighbors say the killing, now...
Man sentenced for fatal shooting at Wheat Ridge cemetery in 2024
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — A man will spend nearly two decades in prison for a shooting in a Wheat Ridge cemetery that killed another man in 2024. Ryan Trujillo-Falcon, 24, was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in the Department of Corrections. He pleaded guilty to second-degree assault that caused injury with a deadly...
Rockies Eclipse Outlook 2026: High Elevation Favors “Blood Moon”
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Denver, CO – Skywatchers across the Rocky Mountain region will be among the better-positioned Americans to watch the most dramatic eclipse of 2026, with higher elevation and typically clearer skies giving...

















