
Broncos receiver Josh Reynolds recovering from two gunshot wounds after visit to strip club
The Broncos say Reynolds’ injuries were “minor.”

Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. They were the owners of the Return To Nature Funeral Home and stood accused of sending fake ashes to families of the deceased.

Cortez man accused of threatening to kill Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and other Democratic election officials will likely plead guilty
Teak Ty Brockbank posted violent threats about Griswold and the governor of Arizona, among others.

Colorado’s Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn’t make a cake for transgender woman
Colorado’s Supreme Court dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman. Justices did not weigh in on the free speech issues that brought the case to national attention.

New bill would award ‘Miracle On Ice’ hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals and send one to Colorado Springs
The proposal would create three medals, including one for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs.

Supreme Court rejects two appeals by Republicans involving Dominion Voting Systems
The court also rejected a Republican challenge to a Biden administration executive order intended to boost voter registration.

Black bear with 3 cubs attacks man after breaking into Colorado home
Wildlife officials said they killed the bears because they were used to getting food from people.

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and Emmy nominee for ‘Roots,’ and former CSU Ram, dies at 84
Amos died Aug. 21 of natural causes in Los Angeles. His publicist confirmed the news of his death Tuesday.

Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Colorado-based Dish as it fights the onslaught of streaming services
DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment of $1, plus the assumption of approximately $9.8 billion in debt.

As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts like in Colorado face huge odds — and obstacles
A research team is monitoring several species planted two years ago on a slope burned during the devastating 2020 Cameron Peak fire, which charred 326 square miles in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Funds are cutting aid for women seeking abortions as costs rise
The Cobalt Abortion Fund in Colorado has had to cap how much it can spend. Its president said groups like hers are used to being scrappy.

Barry Morphew’s malicious prosecution lawsuit over charges in his wife’s death was dismissed
Barry Morphew filed a lawsuit seeking $15 million in damages in May 2023, a year after the charges alleging he killed Suzanne Morphew in May 2020 were dismissed.

Pac-12 files lawsuit against Mountain West over ‘poaching’ penalties for Colorado State, other schools
The CSU Rams, along with Boise State, Fresno State and San Diego State, announced last week they are switching conferences.

When Congress members — including some Colorado representatives — travel the world on private dime, their families do too
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Republican, took his wife Jeanne Lamborn on nearly every privately funded trip he took between 2012 and 2023.

US will let more people take methadone at home
The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month.

Federal judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling
Members of an Arizona tribe urged a federal judge at a daylong hearing in Phoenix to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near lands they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries.