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Five places in Colorado you can watch the GOP presidential debates

Don't have a TV or a reliable Internet connection? Or just want to watch the GOP bloodbath with others? Whether you're a Republican, a Democrat...

Bar codes allow ballots to be traced back to voters in...

The challenges mounting on Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler's desk go beyond whether to mail ballots to residents who haven't voted in a while. He has another predicament: bar codes.

Bear-human confrontations beginning to pick up in Colorado

A bear that attacked a teenage camper in Twin Lakes earlier this month is among just a few that the Colorado Division of Wildlife has had to put down this year — a far cry from the last couple of years. Last year, wildlife officers killed 80 bears mostly due to hot, dry conditions that forced scores of the animals into urbanized areas in southeastern Colorado.

Dumpster-diving Burger King bears hand fed by ‘extraordinarily stupid people’ in...

The Colorado Division of Wildlife is looking for two, maybe three potential Darwin Award recipients who bought hamburgers and cheeseburgers at the Burger King in Eagle on Wednesday and hand fed them to a mother black bear and her three cubs.

Ritter can’t muster sympathy for Arnold’s current crisis in California

EAGLE -- Gov. Bill Ritter Thursday predictably touted his “New Energy Economy” as a way out of the current economic wilderness during an hour-long, town-hall-style meeting in Eagle, the Eagle County seat 30 miles west of Vail.

Todd Palin to pal around with sportsmen today in Colorado

Alaska’s “First Dude,” as the media has dubbed Todd Palin, will be out to prove he isn’t the “First Dud” today as he follows in his governor and Republican vice presidential nominee wife Sarah Palin’s footsteps on the campaign stump in Colorado.

Western Slope Round-Up: Keeping Problems Contained

Poop Problem Puzzles Politicians Whither Did Waste Go? Doo-Doo Dump Down Delta Decries Councilmen Concerned about Crapper Caper No, we don't make these stories up. Just the headlines....