Author: Elizabeth Pond
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Steamboat Springs bear encounter marks 8th attack this year
A person was attacked by a bear in Steamboat Springs on Thursday, marking the eighth bear attack in Colorado this year. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the adult victim was napping in a backyard patio chair Thursday afternoon when they saw a bear approaching. The person remained calm and did not move in an attempt…
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CBI affirms suicide ruling in death of CU student
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, after an independent review, has affirmed the suicide assessment made by local authorities in the death of University of Colorado, Boulder student Megan Trussell. Trussell, 18, was found dead near the 40-mile marker on Boulder Canyon Drive on Feb. 15, 2025. She was last seen leaving the CU Boulder campus…
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Teen arrested in connection with fatal I-25 hit-and-run
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal Aug. 30 hit-and-run on I-25. Greenwood Village Police announced the arrest of Luis Enrique-Pena of Westminster on Thursday. The 19-year-old faces charges of vehicular homicide due to reckless driving, a hit-and-run involving serious injury or death and driving with a revoked license. The crash,…
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47,000-square-foot Denver Pavilions mural completed
Denver artist Olive Moya has always dreamed of doing something big. This summer, she did — a 47,000-square-foot mural. Moya’s massive work of art, which can be seen at Welton and Tremont streets at the Denver Pavilions facing 15th Street, covers the equivalent of 10 basketball courts’ worth of real estate and reaches 97 feet…
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Denver man charged with tampering with water gates, diverting millions of dollars worth of drinking water
A Denver man has been charged for alleged interference with a public water system that supplies drinking water to several communities along the Front Range, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Fabrizio Lorenzin, 65, is suspected of repeatedly tampering with the diversion headgates of the Berthoud Pass Watershed Ditch over the course of several…
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Gazette family of papers rakes in 64 awards at 2025 Colorado Press Association Better News Contest
The Gazette family of newspapers won 64 awards in the Colorado Press Association’s annual Better News Contest — a whopping 36 more than the three papers collectively won last year. Colorado Politics raked in 27, The Colorado Springs Gazette took home 21 and The Denver Gazette brought in 16. Colorado Politics also received the Best in…
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5 injured, 1 killed when vehicle jumps curb in Fort Collins
Six people were injured when a truck drove onto a sidewalk Saturday in downtown Fort Collins and one of the injured people died, according to police. The driver was among the injured, Fort Collins Police reported officers being on-scene at a crash in the 100 block of West Mountain Avenue at 12:30 p.m. A Chevrolet…
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Englewood mayor pro tem dies while hiking
Joe Anderson, Englewood’s mayor pro tem, died Friday while on a hike in Summit County, according to city officials. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to the lower slopes of Quandary Peak around 6:40 a.m. Friday to reports of an unconscious hiker who had stopped breathing. Authorities did not release the hiker’s name but reported…
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Two men charged in fatal Highway 139 hit-and-run
Two men have been arrested in connection with a Monday hit-and-run in Mesa County that killed a pedestrian. The Colorado State Patrol responded to the crash at around 2:12 a.m. Monday at milepost 1 of Highway 139, CSP said in a news release. The pedestrian, a 35-year-old man, was sitting in the middle of the…
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Two teens found dead in suspected murder-suicide in Lakewood
An 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy died Monday after a suspected murder-suicide shooting in a Lakewood home. The 18-year-old, who was identified by the Lakewood Police Department as Yorbelis Del Valle Gutierrez-Arenas and by Denver Public Schools officials as Yorbelis Gutiérrez-Arena, was the second North High School student to die from a shooting this…