Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is briefing lawmakers on his plans to balance next year's budget. Ritter plans to meet with lawmakers on Tuesday to explain his proposals. The governor is recommending that education spending be cut by $260 million and that the state bring in another $132 million by charging sales tax on candy and soda as well as online sales. Full Story »
An Aurora man who for years told police that his young daughter had run away because of an argument over a cookie faces more than 80 years in prison in her disappearance and presumed death. A jury in September convicted Aaron Thompson of 31 charges, including fatal child abuse in the 2005 disappearance of his daughter Aarone. District Attorney spokeswoman Lori Rase says a detective and at least ... Full Story »
A Denver judge will hear arguments on whether to block a state health board ruling that narrowed the definition of who can supply medical marijuana. The hearing was called for by medical marijuana advocates who say the state health board's decision last week was made with little notice of the vote. Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves will preside over the hearing Tuesday morning. Full Story »
The sheriff in Arapahoe County and the mother of a an apparent murder victim are pleading for information about the death of a man they say was brilliant and had a bright future. Full Story »
Prosecutors say a 48-year-old man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and paid the teen's mother to allow the abuse to happen. The Denver District Attorney's office on Monday said Mark Mathias faces charges that include sex assault on a child and soliciting for child prostitution. Investigators say the child told them her mother would call men to tell them "fresh meat (was) available ... Full Story »
Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media. Full Story »
Denver's highest-ranking female firefighter was appointed on Monday. Angela Cook was appointed to the Denver Fire Department March 1, 1992. She's had numerous assignments over her career. She's received several commendations during her career with the department. Full Story »
The Denver Fire Department has promoted a woman to division chief for the first time in the agency's 133-year history. Angela R. Cook's promotion Monday means she will be in charge of a staff of almost 100 people who oversee emergency services at Denver International Airport. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said during Cook's swearing-in ceremony that she was promoted because she's a firefighter ... Full Story »
State Sen. Josh Penry, considered a rising star in Colorado's Republican Party, plans to drop out of the gubernatorial race, a House colleague said Monday. Full Story »
November is the worst month of the year for car collisions involving wildlife, but now there's a program designed to protect drivers and the animals that relies on the Internet. Full Story »
The Army is appealing a federal judge's ruling that rejected its plans to increase operations at a disputed training site in southeastern Colorado. A two-sentence document filed in U.S. District Court Monday said the Army is appealing Judge Richard Matsch's Sept. 8 ruling. Matsch said the Army's environmental review didn't adequately asses the effects of increasing training to 365 days a year at ... Full Story »
Former pastor Ted Haggard says his decision to hold prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs living room has attracted great interest from the media. Haggard says he will be holding a press conference before his first prayer meeting Thursday. No press will be allowed inside the home for the prayer but media can talk to people before and after the meeting. Haggard says he was surprised by the ... Full Story »
Boulder police said a body was found at Boulder Falls Monday afternoon. Full Story »
A Vail resident accused of shooting several people and killing one in a bar over the weekend appeared in court on Monday morning. It's the first homicide case in the mountain resort town in nearly three decades. Full Story »
Some hockey players from Littleton were among those who got sick after a carbon monoxide leak Saturday night at the ice arena in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago. Full Story »
A man has been formally charged in connection with repeated sexual assaults on a teenage girl, allegedly arranged by the girl's mother for money. Full Story »
Former Denver Councilman Theodore "Ted" James Hackworth Jr., who had a reputation for being a fiscal conservative and government watchdog, has died. He was 83. The Denver coroner's office says Hackworth died of natural causes Monday at his home. Hackworth left the City Council in 2003 after serving for 24 years. Denver Councilman Charlie Brown says Hackworth "questioned everything" and embodied ... Full Story »
The Denver Police Department's Cold Case Project has released information about a fugitive they are trying to locate. Police said Samuel Lopez, 37, is wanted for murder in Denver. Full Story »
Sheriff's officials say a 22-year-old Fort Carson soldier is suspected of shooting at two people who were leaving a Colorado Springs bar. No one was injured and the El Paso County Sheriff's deputies arrested Jayson Stear. He is being held on $100,000 bail on investigation of attempted first-degree murder, felony menacing, and felony theft. Sheriff's officials say Stear shot at 36-year-old ... Full Story »
The creators of TV's "South Park" may have killed Kenny in the show, but not too many trees died when they built their environmentally friendly mansion in western Colorado. The $5 million Steamboat Springs home belonging to Trey Parker and Matt Stone features ceilings made of Douglas fir timbers salvaged from a rail trestle that once spanned Great Salt Lake. Full Story »
No criminal charges will be filed in a natural gas leak and explosion that destroyed a Pueblo restaurant and a shop, killing one person and injuring seven. Full Story »
Fort Collins High School graduate Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger is going into outer space and will have a version of school mascot Clyde, a stuffed lamb in a space suit, by her side. School officials believe Metcalf-Lindenburger will be the school's first graduate in space. Full Story »
Medical marijuana rules are headed to a Denver judge. Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves has scheduled a hearing Tuesday morning on state regulations limiting who can supply the drug to patients. Full Story »
Authorities have suspended their search for a 19-year-old Arvada man who hasn't been seen since going camping in the Nederland area about two weeks ago. Full Story »
A man suspected of killing one person and wounding three others in a shooting at a Colorado bar has been ordered held without bail. Richard Moreau is accused of firing several shots outside and in the Sandbar Sports Grill in Vail. Police say the longtime resident of the mountain ski resort town was arrested Saturday at the scene on suspicion of first-degree homicide. Moreau was in court Monday ... Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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