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Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t do their jobsCarly Koppes kept her pregnancy hidden from the public as long as she possibly could, fearing the potential harassment that could come from those who frequently attack the Republican elections clerk.When Koppes, who runs elections in Weld county, Colorado, did media interviews, she asked the people...

Sandra Fish, who has covered politics since 1982, was asked to leave by security about an hour into the state party assemblyA politics reporter from the Colorado Sun was removed from the state Republican party assembly this weekend because the state party chair Dave Williams claimed her reporting on the party was “very unfair”.The reporter, Sandra Fish, who has covered politics since 1982, received...

Colorado congressman Ken Buck’s abrupt resignation has left the far-right member with two tough choices, upsetting her re-election plansAs well as further reducing US House speaker Mike Johnson’s already threadbare majority in his legislative chamber, last week’s abrupt departure of Colorado congressman Ken Buck has the potential to significantly damage another prominent Republican figure: Lauren Boebert.The far-right firebrand seized on Buck’s declaration last year...

Denver expected to receive up to 2ft of snow as city rolls out the plows and airport braces for delays and cancellationsA major storm dumped heavy snow in Colorado on Thursday – forcing flight cancellations and shutting down a highway that connects Denver to Colorado ski resorts for much of the day, stranding some people in their cars for hours.Numerous schools and government offices...

Proposals would stiffen state’s lax funeral home laws after series of gruesome cases, from sold body parts to fake ashesAfter nearly 200 bodies were found stacked and rotting in a Colorado funeral home, lawmakers have proposed bills to overhaul the state’s threadbare funeral home regulations, which failed to prevent a string of gruesome cases – from sold body parts to fake ashes.The cases have...

Peter Cichuniec one of two paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide for role in 23-year-old’s death after police stopA former Colorado paramedic has been sentenced to five years in prison in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by Aurora police.Peter Cichuniec was one of two paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide for their roles in the 23-year-old’s death, which sparked...

Colorado Springs officers say they arrested 25-year-old after shootings that killed a student and another personA suspect was arrested on Monday on murder charges over the shootings of two people who were found dead in a dorm room last week at a University of Colorado campus in Colorado Springs, police said.The Colorado Springs police department said they arrested Nicholas Jordan, 25, without incident on...

Colorado police issued a warrant for Miles Harford, 33, at whose house they also discovered the body of a womanColorado authorities issued an arrest warrant Friday for a former funeral home owner they say kept a deceased woman’s body in a hearse for two years at a home where police also found the cremated remains of at least 30 people.The grisly discovery occurred 6...

Theft occurred on day the Ouray County Plaindealer published story about alleged sexual assault at party at police chief’s houseNearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the Ouray County Plaindealer published a story about charges being filed over rapes alleged to have occurred at an underage drinking party at the police chief’s house...

Anderson Aldrich plans to plead guilty to federal charges with an agreement that would allow him to avoid the death penaltyThe shooter, who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to...

New details emerge about 200 bodies found in October, including fluids, maggots and incriminating texts between ownersInvestigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified on Thursday.Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between...

Randy Roedema, found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, is the first official to be sentenced in the 23-year-old’s killingA former Colorado police officer convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain was sentenced to 14 months in county jail on Friday.Randy Roedema, an ex-Aurora police department (APD) officer, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in October. He is the first...

California, Illinois and Colorado among states implementing ‘red flag’ laws after US ends 2023 with more mass shootings than daysNew gun safety laws are taking effect in several states around the US on 1 January after the country ended 2023 with more mass shootings than days.States including California, Illinois and Colorado are starting the year by implementing extreme risk protection orders, more commonly referred...

Far-right Colorado representative had won the third district by just 546 votes in 2022 and will move to the fourth for a ‘fresh start’Colorado’s Republican representative Lauren Boebert has announced that she will be changing congressional districts ahead of her 2024 Republican nomination bid for the House.In a Facebook video on Wednesday, the 36-year old, far-right representative announced that she would be moving from...

Former president and frontrunner for Republican 2024 presidential nomination also expected to file own appealThe Colorado Republican Party has asked the US supreme court to intervene after Colorado’s top court disqualified former president Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot, an attorney for the Republican group said.The appeal comes after the Colorado supreme court last week disqualified Trump because of his...