According to organizers, nearly one hundred nineteen thousand people packed the Stock Show grounds in northern Denver on Saturday and Sunday, setting a new record for opening weekend attendance at the 16-day event.

The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected Colorado’s plan to reduce the haze that clouds views at Rocky Mountain National Park and other federal lands, ruling the state cannot force coal-fired power plants to shut down under the Clean Air Act.

Xcel Energy is asking state regulators to approve a natural gas rate increase that would raise the average residential bill by about seven dollars and fifty-nine cents a month.

The driver shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 7, has been identified as a 37-year-old Renée Nicole Good from Colorado.

Polis says the state will come in about $308 million below the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights spending cap, meaning Coloradans will not receive TABOR refunds in 2026.