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Thousands gathered at CSU for Charlie Kirk candlelight vigil by: Hanna Powers, Nate BeltSep 18, 2025 FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KDVR) — More than 7,000 people filled Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium on Thursday evening for a vigil honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was fatally shot last week. The vigil was organized by the CSU student chapter of Turning Point USA, whose late CEO and co-founder, Krik, was originally slated to come to campus for the organization’s “The American Comeback Tour” on Thursday. However, the vigil was planned to honor Kirk, after he was shot and killed while speaking...

2 Weld County deputies injured during firearms training by: Heather Willard Posted: Sep 16, 2025 DENVER (KDVR) — A pair of Weld County Sheriff’s Office deputies suffered non-life-threatening injuries on Tuesday after an accident at a shooting range during training. The sheriff’s office said that at about 3:17 p.m. on Tuesday, agency deputies were participating in firearms training at the Sam Brownlee Training Center located in Carr. The Weld County Sheriff’s Office opened the training center last year. The sheriff’s office said the accident happened toward the conclusion of training, while deputies were no longer on the firing line. Deputies...

Yadira Caraveo speaks out for first time since ending campaign to reclaim congressional seat Caraveo was one of several Democrats running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in the intensely competitive 8th Congressional District. Denver7 anchor Shannon Ogden sat down with Yadira Caraveo on Monday, three days after she announced that she was dropping her bid to reclaim the congressional seat she lost last year. Yadira Caraveo speaks out for first time since ending campaign to reclaim congressional seat By: Shannon OgdenSep 15, 2025 DENVER — Denver7 anchor Shannon Ogden sat down with Yadira Caraveo on Monday, three days...

Karen Attiah A left-wing columnist revealed in a Substack on Monday that she was fired by the Washington Post over social media posts amid the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Colorado school shooting. "On Bluesky, in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in Utah and Colorado, I condemned America’s acceptance of political violence and criticized its ritualized responses — the hollow, cliched calls for ‘thoughts and prayers’ and ‘this is not who we are’ that normalize gun violence and absolve [W]hite perpetrators especially, while nothing is done to curb deaths," Karen Attiah wrote. Kirk, a leading conservative activist, was...

Vandals burned a Loveland family’s memorial to Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday, Sept. 10, during a tour event at Utah Valley University. The family is not releasing their location or full names due to concern for their safety. They told FOX31 the vandals set the fence on fire at approximately 11:15 p.m. as five children slept inside the home.

'This shouldn’t even be a debate': Colorado students march against gun violence Denver7 was there when Jefferson County students walked out of class to demand more be done to stop gun violence in the wake of the Evergreen High School shooting By: Richard ButlerSep 12, 2025 WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Hundreds of students at Standley Lake High School walked out of class Friday afternoon, lining Wadsworth Boulevard with signs and chants calling for an end to gun violence. The demonstration comes just two days after two students were wounded in a shooting at Evergreen High School before the shooter turned the...

Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo withdraws as candidate for Colorado Congressional District 8 By Jennifer McRae September 12, 2025 Former Rep. Yadira Caraveo has withdrawn her candidacy for Colorado Congressional District 8, the district in which she was elected in 2023. She was the first representative for that district, as it was newly created before the 2022 election due to Colorado's growing population. Caraveo made the withdrawal announcement on Friday afternoon, saying that she believed she faced a lot of resistance to her candidacy due to the "stigmatization of mental health in America." Read her full statement below. Caraveo, a...

EVERGREEN, Colo. (KKTV) - Emergency responders are on scene at Evergreen High School, in Jefferson County, related to reports of an “active assailant” in the area of the school Wednesday afternoon. According to Jefferson County 911 Communications, the area of the school, which is on Buffalo Park Road in Evergreen, was still an active scene as of 12:40 p.m., according to a social media post made at that time. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, at least two students were shot and wounded at the high school.

After burying multiple Democratic Senators intent on trying to destroy his political career, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got his chance to dunk on arguably the most notorious Senators in America. As expected, he did not disappoint. As NBC News reported, Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee to answer questions. This comes one week after Kennedy pushed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, Susan Monarez, to resign. The White House fired her when she refused, and three top CDC officials then resigned in protest. The hearing got testy in a hurry after far-left, Big Pharma hack...

Mail-in ballots and Space Command: Why Colorado elections may have led to Trump’s decision by: Heather Willard Posted: Sep 2, 2025 DENVER (KDVR) — On Sept. 2, President Donald Trump announced that the headquarters of Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. The President said Colorado’s mail-in ballot system “played a big factor” in moving Space Command, shortly after his short-lived assertions to ban mail-in ballots last month. Trump noted Tuesday that he won Alabama by about 47 points and said voting records didn’t influence his decision. Trump lost Colorado to Harris by about 11 points. “I...

A new law went into effect in Colorado earlier this month requiring health warning labels on gas stoves, similar to those placed on cigarette packages. It’s one example of multiple efforts, primarily in blue states, to stop consumers from using gas-powered appliances in their homes. After a Biden administration official in 2023 alluded to the possibility of a ban on gas stoves in the name of public health, legacy media outlets produced a number of “fact checks” insisting the Biden administration wasn’t going to ban gas stoves. They claimed the whole idea was just a "right-wing conspiracy." Conveniently, most of...

Forced electric load reduction and possible rolling blackouts in Maryland. Electric system in crisis. Got Coal?

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that the state will take action to crack down on “illegal aliens who may be operating large trucks using out-of-state driver’s licenses.” On Monday, August 25, 2025, Uthmeier announced a series of actions targeting the commercial trucking industry and commercial driver’s licensing (CDL) standards amid ongoing public scrutiny of an August 12 triple fatality crash on the Florida Turnpike allegedly caused by an illegal U-turn taken by Harjinder Singh. Ag Enforcement Officers To Man CMV Interdiction Stations Under ICE Direction Uthmeier and other law enforcement agencies announced that Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer...

“If they are interacting with a customer and the customer says, this is my preferred name and these are my preferred pronouns, this is the way I want to be addressed, there is a legal obligation to do that. They're compelled to use those pronouns and those surnames under Colorado's law. That's compelled speech, and the real kicker is there criminal penalties for it. You can have prison time, jail time for up to 4 months if you don't abide that.” - Kristen Waggoner, President, CEO & General Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom

In a few days, car enthusiasts and film buffs will have a chance to own some incredible pieces of American cinema. After four years of existence, Colorado’s Rodz & Bodz Movie Cars & More Museum closed for a third time this month. Later this week, on Friday, August 22, more than 60 film-used and replica movie cars will cross the auction block. Along with them will be over 400 pieces of movie memorabilia and road art. It’s a sad speedbump for one of the lesser-known, but great museums in America, but these cars will get to live on with collectors....

Orest Schur will serve over half a century in jail. Schur was a 27-year-old sergeant in the U.S. Space Force when the incident happened in July 2023. He and his wife lived in Aurora, Colorado, where he worked as a signals intelligence analyst at Buckley Space Force Base. Before transferring to the Space Force, Schur served two tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army, earning 14 service medals in the process. On July 5, 2023 around 11 p.m., he woke up to the sound of the alarm on his wife's Hyundai Elantra. He grabbed his pistol and went outside, where...

Dancers prepare for the grand enterance at the Gathering of Nations in April 2017 in Albuquerque, N.M. Photo: Russell Contreras/Axios The Gathering of Nations, a celebration of Indigenous dancing, music and art from around the world in what has become North America's largest powwow, will end next year, organizers announced. Why it matters: The ending closes a chapter in Native American history that has been mentioned in movies and novels and brought hundreds of thousands to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for more than 40 years. Driving the news: Organizers announced on Saturday that the cultural event will conclude in 2026, marking...

LOVELAND, Colo. (KRDO) - Following a 9NEWS investigation, the city of Denver has decided to cut off Loveland's access to Flock license plate camera readers. The investigation found that Loveland police were sharing access to its Flock data with U.S. Border Patrol. According to our Denver news partners, Denver has over 100 Flock cameras around the city. They are used to solve crimes by tracking vehicles through license plate recognition. In April, Denver police blocked federal agents, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), from accessing their Flock data due to concerns it...

A rushed attempt to regulate artificial intelligence has left lawmakers scrambling to fix their own mistakes.Colorado is experiencing a major case of buyer's remorse over the state's new artificial intelligence law—a warning for other states rushing to regulate emerging tech. A rush to regulate AI in Colorado flipped the right order of policymaking. For fast-moving tech, lawmakers should begin with a "try-first" mentality, allowing innovators to introduce their products. Next, they should study any resulting harms and whether new laws or regulations could address those harms. Only then should effective regulation be pursued, in consultation with a wide range of...

The Denver Post published the names, locations, and employers of three private citizens for sharing public records on social media.On Aug. 1, The Denver Post exposed the names, locations, voter registrations, and employment of three private citizens who legally obtained public information and sent some to the popular social media account Do Better Denver. On Aug. 7, a Denver Post columnist defended the paper’s decision to dox the three women for sharing public information. “People who claim to be citizen journalists must stand by their work with a byline and endure the negative comments and threats that come with the...