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Colorado's required milk tank testing has caught a bird flu infection at a Weld County dairy, the state's first dairy case since 2024. The Colorado Department of Agriculture said Oct. 30, 2026, that routine bulk milk tank sampling produced a presumptive positive at Colorado State University's diagnostic lab. USDA's national lab confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on Oct. 24, and the genotype is B3.13.

AFP/Getty Omar Perez, 18, was arrested in connection with a Halloween night off-campus shooting in Boulder that left one University of Colorado Boulder student dead and another injured. Luca Hanlon, a 19-year-old student at CU Boulder, died after being shot in the neck, while a second 19-year-old victim remains hospitalized with a leg wound. The shooting occurred when a group attempted to force entry into the home after police had broken up a large party at the residence earlier that evening.

Americans are making their voices heard from all across the country, and one is doing the same from Earth's orbit: Colorado astronaut and Lafayette native Jessica Watkins cast her ballot from outer space Tuesday.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Katrina and Terry Tolbert have been arrested and accused of diverting more than 4 million gallons of water from the Town of Palmer Lake through a buried pipe at their property off Highway 105, according to police records reviewed by KRDO13 Investigates. The investigation began after...

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Aurora voters shot down three ballot measures that would have raised city sales taxes for the first time since 1993 to pay for infrastructure, transportation and public safety improvements. Elected officials in the city were surprised and disappointed by the outcome, saying infrastructure projects need to be funded and the city’s budget deficit cannot accommodate […]

Residents along the proposed Colorado Connector Front Range Passenger Rail route have approved a tax increase to help fund the project's expansion.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – A developing weather system could bring up to 10 inches of snow to Colorado's central mountains Wednesday into early Thursday, while Colorado Springs faces increasing rain chances, possible thunderstorms and a rain-snow mix overnight.

Fort Collins Police Services announced Wednesday that a construction flagger was arrested and faces a criminally negligent homicide charge after a semitrailer struck and killed a bicyclist.

Colorado State University has agreed to pay President Amy Parsons $1.1 million for her resignation, the Coloradoan learned through an open-records request. Parsons formally announced her resignation Oct. 28 , six days after she and CSU System Chancellor Tony Frank signed a resignation settlement that requires the payment to Parsons be made, “minus any necessary withholdings,” by no later than Jan. 5, 2027. Parsons’ resignation will become effective Dec. 31, 2026, according to terms agreed to in