PHOTOS: Ski season begins at Keystone and Arapahoe Basin
The first ski areas in Colorado, as well as in North America, opened up for winter 2025-26 over the weekend of October 25 & 26, with Keystone claiming first resort open on Saturday and Arapahoe Basin second to open on Sunday.
Keystone snuffed Arapahoe Basin’s plans to be first by opening Saturday afternoon for three hours, spoiling their neighbors’ Saturday announcement of intent to open on Sunday.
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
(Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Colorado Springs officials oppose Space Command lawsuit; AG won’t back down
Mary Shinn
mary-shinn@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 hour ago
As Colorado Springs and El Paso County officials oppose a lawsuit against the Trump administration over relocating Space Command to Alabama, the state Attorney General’s Office says it won’t back down. “Some elected officials may choose to accommodate the Trump...
Mary Shinn
Reporter
Denver approves new police uniforms, construction of Cuernavaca Park building
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 55 minutes ago
Denver City Councilmembers made quick work of Tuesday’s agenda, approving resolutions for the purchase of new police uniforms and the construction of a new Denver Parks and Recreation facility at Cuernavaca Park. The $1.5 million contract with Skaggs Companies is...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Fort Carson soldier’s wife could be deported
Carol McKinley
carol-mckinley@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
As the country’s largest immigration enforcement crackdown continues in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, a Fort Carson sergeant is fighting a personal immigration crisis — one that may implode his family. Sgt. Tyler Garza’s wife, Jennifer Maradiaga Baca, is not a legal...
Carol McKinley
Reporter
Federal judge recommends dismissing trans athletics lawsuit by area school districts
Eric Young
eric-young@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A judge has recommended dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by multiple school districts against the Colorado Attorney General’s and Civil Rights Offices over their policies dictating students’ participation in athletics and activities based on their biological sex rather than gender...
Eric Young
Reporter
Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance say they are expecting their fourth child
Ali Swenson
ali.swenson@associatedpress.com
Updated 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, are expecting a son in late July, they announced in a social media post on Tuesday. The couple said they were excited to share the news...
Ali Swenson
Reporter
Appeals judge asks Colorado Supreme Court to once again clarify magistrate rules
Michael Karlik
michael-karlik@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
A member of Colorado’s second-highest court urged the state Supreme Court last week to revise confusing language in the rules governing magistrates, less than two weeks after an attempted cleanup of the rules took effect. Magistrates are judicial employees who are...
Michael Karlik
Reporter
Douglas County Board of Commissioners selects new chairman
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 hours ago
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners will have a new chairman in 2026, but not a new face. Commissioner George Teal was chosen to serve as chairman on Jan. 13 after serving on the board since 2021, according to a...
Sage Kelley
Reporter
PUC to hold public meeting on El Paso County rejection of Power Pathway permits
Scott Weiser
scott-weiser@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado regulators plan a public hearing next week on Xcel Energy’s appeal to override El Paso County’s rejection of permits for a major transmission line segment. The hearing renews debate over a statewide renewable energy project that rural residents argue...
Scott Weiser
Reporter
PUC to hold public meeting on El Paso County rejection of Power Pathway permits
Scott Weiser
scott-weiser@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
Colorado regulators plan a public hearing next week on Xcel Energy’s appeal to override El Paso County’s rejection of permits for a major transmission line segment. The hearing renews debate over a statewide renewable energy project that rural residents argue...
Scott Weiser
Reporter
Yo-Yo Ma to perform at Red Rocks with Colorado Symphony this summer
Stephen Barr
stephen.barr@gazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will join the Colorado Symphony under the stars at Red Rocks Amphitheatre June 3, the symphony announced Tuesday. The evening will begin with a “vibrant, all-American–inflected repertoire” performed by the Colorado Symphony and will close with “Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B...
Stephen Barr
Reporter
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Northbound I-25 reopens after fatal crash slows morning traffic in Lone Tree
A fatal crash early Tuesday morning closed the RidgeGate exit ramp off of Interstate 25 and backed up northbound traffic for over three hours from Colorado Springs to Denver. The City of Lone Tree confirmed the single-car crash was fatal at 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to a post on X. Officials later confirmed that the […]
Denver ICE leader purged by Trump administration
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has begun to purge Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in offices in five major U.S. cities and fill some of those top posts with senior Border Patrol agents, who will take over interior immigration enforcement in those regions, according to five sources familiar with the plans. ICE leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, […]