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"Disparities in discipline rates for students of color are a longtime concern for local school districts, with a disproportionate ratio of local Hispanic students...
"Thursday, the fourth day of the teachers and paraprofessionals strike against Pueblo City Schools (D60) ended with a hastily called press conference and news...
"The third day of the historic teachers and paraprofessionals strike against Pueblo City Schools (D60) ended, once again, with plenty of passion and spirit...
"Edin Ramos, a Bayfield business owner who has been held in an Immigration and Custom Enforcement detention center in Aurora since February, has been...
"In a move affecting countless homeless campers across Colorado Springs, city leaders want to more aggressively ticket people living alongside creeks and waterways, even...
"The Boulder City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to advance a ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity...
"A Berthoud High School graduate was killed in action Monday while serving in Afghanistan, weeks before his unit's deployment in the country was scheduled...
"Shots were fired, 11 vehicles were damaged, and several people were injured Saturday night during law enforcement's pursuit of a stolen tractor-trailer truck, according...
"Colorado coal-fired power plants serving municipal electric utilities and rural cooperatives remain economically competitive despite the availability of cheaper natural gas and renewable energy,...