Colorado

Jake Bockenfeld has expanded his lead in the race for the Douglas County District 1 commissioner seat as the county continues to release unofficial election results. As of Wednesday, Bockenfeld led his opponent, Democrat Irene Bonham, by 4,090 votes, receiving 98,586 votes to Bonham’s 94,496. The Douglas County Clerk and Recorder’s Office said election officials […]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -A lightning strike sparked a fire that destroyed a shed on I Road Wednesday afternoon. Grand Junction fire crews worked to bring the flames under control as the structure’s roof was completely burned away. Firefighters were able to put out the fire using a hose...

A 44-year-old Grand Junction man who died hiking near the north Fruita desert last month has been identified by the Mesa County Coroner's Office.

Ballot processing continues in Douglas County as election officials work through votes that could help determine the outcome of a closely watched congressional race that has not yet been called.

Health officials in Colorado and Weld County have confirmed a measles case in an infant with multiple exposure locations reported across the area.

A bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for a lender to foreclose on a 145,000-square-foot office tower in Greenwood Village, ruling that the building's owner had no realistic path to profitability. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas McNamara granted Wilmington Trust relief from the automatic stay that had been shielding the Orchard Falls building at 7800 E. Orchard Road, allowing the lender to move forward with taking possession.

An Aurora woman was found guilty of theft after stealing over $2,000 in high-end merchandise, including a Louis Vuitton handbag, from retail stores at Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree.

A 23-year-old man is dead and his neighbor is facing a second-degree murder charge after a shooting erupted outside an Aurora apartment complex at about 7:30 a.m. Yefferson Contreras-Colina suffered a gunshot wound and was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Edin Samuel Yanez-Orellana was arrested in connection with the shooting and now faces prosecution in the 17th Judicial District.

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) will be reintroducing black-footed ferrets to a site about 15 miles east of Pueblo. The endangered black-footed ferret depends on prairie dog colonies for food and shelter, according to CPW. Prairie dogs are the ferret’s primary prey, and ferrets often use abandoned prairie […]

Voters likely approved a change from three county commissioners to five, but the question of how they will be elected remains up in the air.