A wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope consumed hundreds of acres on Tuesday and destroyed two buildings, including a home, according to firefighting officials.

“We’re balancing this desire for new technology with safety, and obviously safety comes first,” Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon said.

A 36-year-old man was charged this spring with carrying out 75 smash-and-grab burglaries at suburban Denver businesses across 10 months in 2024.

A federal prison lieutenant is set to stand trial in August in a smuggling scheme where he allegedly accepted bribes to sneak contraband into a southern Colorado prison, according to court records.

A pair of Jefferson County businessmen defrauded $12 million from Colorado’s Medicaid program by charging the state healthcare program for eyeglasses that did not exist, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser alleged in a June indictment.

A fire that sparked near Grand Junction on Colorado’s Western Slope on Tuesday afternoon was fully contained and evacuations were lifted by 3:30 p.m.

A woman died and two others were injured in a crash near the 10th Street and 59th Avenue intersection on Monday morning.