Colorado News

A proposal to prohibit union dues and fees from being deducted from government workers' paychecks was added Thursday to the November ballot.

Sen. Ken Salazar and congressmen Mark Udall and John Salazar have asked federal officials to withdraw parcels on western Colorado's Roan Plateau from an upcoming auction of oil and gas leases.

Davidson was sentenced April 28 to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the IRS after pleading guilty to falsifying header information to send spam e-mail, tax evasion and criminal ...

McCain takes lead in Colorado, poll shows Originally published 09:22 a.m., July 24, 2008 Updated 09:22 a.m., July 24, 2008 LIVE UPDATES: Howard Dean touring Invesco Field John McCain has edged ahead of Barack ...

Plaindealer staff report Police have arrested a juvenile in a hit-and-run case that killed a bicyclist and sparked a two-county hunt for the vehicle.

GREELEY - The diesel tree - yes, a real tree - may soon help wean the U.S. off of foreign oil, according to a professor at the University of Northern Colorado.

The Colorado Department of Transportation is encouraging Hispanic men to buckle up through a new program called Cita Con La Vita.

A dog found limping on the side of a Kuwaiti highway, dehydrated, malnourished and missing one leg has been given a new leash on life.

A proposed rule expected next week from the Bush administration would allow approximately 100 new oil and gas leases to be developed in Colorado national forests currently protected from drilling under a plan ...

It's a staggering number. Seven million Americans are addicted to prescription drugs, according to the federal government.

The Bush administration on Tuesday proposed charging energy companies wanting to squeeze oil out of vast shale deposits in the West lower royalties than they pay for drilling on other federal lands, including ...

An inmate known as the "spam king" for sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited e-mails has walked away from a federal prison camp in Colorado.

A national task force is recommending that all newborns be screened for congenital hearing loss.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Director Michael J. Sullivan formally introduced Richard Chase on Monday as the first full-time special agent in charge of its new Denver field ...

The Bush administration wants to set the stage before leaving office for developing oil shale, rocky deposits in the western U.S. that could eventually yield 800 billion barrels of oil, according to government ...

A climbing guide killed in a fall in Grand Teton National Park has been identified as George Gardner, 58, of Ridgeway, Colo.

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, chats with Jim White, back left, of the Colorado branch of the Volunteers of America, and Colorado first lady Jeannie ...

Police disclosed the name of a man arrested here Wednesday in connection with a homicide in Colorado.

Colorado Springs Police Chief Richard Myers announced Tuesday that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has agreed to look into the allegations of misconduct that have been made by Senator John Morse related to ...

AP PHOTO/JACK DEMPSEY In this March file photo, J.J. Rodgers and her husband, Wes Ludlow, show two boxes full of essay entries at their Colorado home in Red Feather Lakes.