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A sluggish economy has tightened the Boulder Valley School District's budget, and this year officials don't have the extra money to hire teachers for schools with higher-than-projected enrollments.

Fourteen state campgrounds remain closed because of the bark beetle infestation, according to a United States Forest Service news release.

In anticipation of the landfall of Hurricane Gustav, Longmont's Urban Search and Rescue team left for Louisiana on Friday morning.

An 18-year veteran of the Aspen Police Department has been fired after he allegedly showed up to work Thursday morning under the influence of alcohol.

An inmate was found dead Thursday night at the Adams County Detention Facility, officials said Friday.

Forrest, the dog who was going to be euthanized for violating Denver's pit-bull ban, left the city this afternoon for St. Louis in an emotional and supportive send-off.

Thursday's operation to remove a tumor from the auditory nerve of Maureen Schaffer, wife of Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, went "really well," according to a spokesman.

Two 19-year-old men have been arrested in the death of a man gunned down Thursday night in an alley, police say.

DENVER—Colorado congresswoman Diana DeGette said Friday that John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov.

The Douglas County coroner's office has determined that two children found dead inside a car in front of a Castle Pines North home died of hyperthermia.

Louisville's Fall Festival is Saturday through Monday, with live music, a bouncing castle, a rock climbing wall, a bungee jump, food and craft booths and the Historical Commission's silent auction.

Acting as summer's bookend festival, the 10th annual Boulder Creek Hometown Fair is this weekend and features local artists, performers, pie-eating contests and other activities to celebrate the end of summer.

Boulder residents who organized protest groups this week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver said the year-long planning and grueling week on the streets were well worth the effort.

There weren’t mass riots in the streets during the Democratic National Convention this week, as some observers had feared, but Boulder-area police who were sent to Denver in case there was chaos still managed to keep busy.

Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department needs volunteers to help collect native grass seeds at the Grassy Top Open Space north of Nederland.

Canon City police say they have arrested three people in the shooting death of a man who was pulled from the Arkansas River in July.

Fresh off a dazzling convention that highlighted the region, Western Democrats are urging Barack Obama to heed their advice on winning the West and repeating their victories in other states.

Investigators haven't said whether the shooting death of a prosecutor was related to his job. Chief Deputy Adams County district attorney Sean may was shot to death outside his Denver home Wednesday night.

Former Gov. Bill Owens daughter Monica will be heading to St. Paul, Minn. next week as a delegate from Colorado at the Republican National Convention. She'll be going to a convention not with her father, but on her own.

Despite some early concern among downtown Denver restaurants that business wouldn't reach a fever pitch during the Democratic National Convention, managers and city leaders are touting the event as a big success.

A pep rally in Ft. Collins went beyond the usual "rah-rah" rhetoric with a senior Ram player asking fans to come to Denver to "get drunk".

Colorado congresswoman Diana DeGette said Friday that John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate is an insult because it signals that he thinks putting a woman on the ticket means "women would suddenly vote for him."

Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people.

Frontier Airlines Inc. says in bankruptcy court filings that it lost three-point-two (m) million dollars in July on revenue of 141 (m) million.

Thousands of die-hard Democrats spend hours in the sun at Invesco Field Thursday waiting to hear Sen. Barack Obama accept his party's nomination for president.

GARFIELD COUNTY – The Garfield County Sheriff's Office, along with several other agencies, raided a large marijuana farm early Friday.

CANON CITY (AP) - Canon City Police say they have arrested three people in the shooting death of a man who was pulled from the Arkansas River in July.

BERTHOUD – At first, the name Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) didn't click in Caroline Creager's mind. That's because Creager knew her high school teammate by her maiden name.

DENVER - The life of Forrest, a pit bull mix, will be spared Friday thanks to Denver Animal Control and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

DENVER – It has been a busy week in Colorado, but even with all the madness and noise surrounding the Democratic National Convention, you don't have to go very far in our state to find some peace and quiet.

Bryant's late goal in overtime dashes UNC's hopes for victory

Despite sagging enrollment, the University of Northern Colorado officially welcomed more than 2,000 new students to Greeley Friday afternoon.

Sharp play leads to four touchdowns in fall scrimmage

Lindsey Foy had her first taste of high school cross country with Valley last season. Derek Schneider is getting his first taste this year.

Barbara Moreno walks through her house, fans still blasting at full speed next to the baseboards in her kitchen as a faint, muggy smell lingers.

Poudre High School opened the 2008 football season tonight with a 28-0 victory over host Boulder. Josh Morton ran for 219 yards and three touchdowns for the Impalas.

The eighth football game between CSU and CU at Invesco Field at Mile High on Sunday may very well be the last.

The city of Fort Collins does not plan to spray insecticide this year to combat West Nile virus-toting mosquitoes.

Coloradans are buying scooters or mopeds in record numbers as they seek relief from high gas prices, parking their cars in favor of gas-sipping two wheelers.

Less than an hour after leaving a luncheon today at Invesco Field at Mile High promoting this year’s game, University of Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn announced that he was exercising his option to play next year’s football game against CSU at Folsom Field in Boulder.

John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as his vice presidential running mate Friday in a startling choice as the Republican National Convention drew near. At a raucous rally in the swing state of Ohio, McCain introduced Palin as the political partner "who can best help me shake up Washington and make it start working again for the ...

CANON CITY - Canon City police say they have arrested three people in the shooting death of a man who was pulled from the Arkansas River in July.

From recyclables, to free bikes to the number of police on the beat - the numbers are now in from the Democratic National Convention. FOX 31's Sari Padorr shows us what it took to bring the Dems to Denver.

A teen broke into a Lonetree home only to come face-to-face with a homeowner with a gun. FOX 31's Sean Tobin has the story.

DENVER - Bold. Surprising. Daring. Those are adjectives being ascribed to Arizona Sen. John McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Prosecutors will argue to an appeals court that jurors would have convicted ex-Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio on 19 felony counts even if a procedural error that excluded defense testimony had not been made in the executive's 2007 insider-trading trial. (Q)

GrandLuxe Rail Journeys of Evergreen has ceased operations.

Frontier Airlines plans to cut gate capacity, office space and check-in counters at Denver International Airport to help the carrier reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Two ballot initiatives were certified Friday for a spot on the November ballot.

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