The backcountry sport of burro racing is a grueling feat of endurance that tests the sudden urge to stand still.

The Department of Justice is suing Colorado and Denver for allegedly interfering with federal efforts to enforce immigration laws.

Shedeur Sanders is quickly trying to familiarize himself with his new work home.

Two general managers and one head coach were surprised Shedeur Sanders wasn’t selected Thursday night because their teams had first-round grades on him, they told The Associated Press.

Shedeur Sanders is still on the board.

The Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche are meeting in the playoffs again, this time in the opening round with Mikko Rantanen on a different side.

Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman homered in the Dodgers’ seven-run first inning, and Los Angeles held on for an 8-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

With the Trump administration expected to reverse a controversial 2023 decision on the permanent location of U.S. Space Command, a review by the Defense Department inspector general could not determine why Colorado was chosen over Alabama.

The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear arguments on state abortion bans that a lower court judge has struck down as unconstitutional.

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup.

Travis Hunter flashed his talent while running routes and catching passes from quarterback Sheduer Sanders at Colorado's pro day.

Colorado coach Deion Sanders has received a contract extension through the 2029 season after turning around a downtrodden program in just two seasons.

After four decades in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is relocating to Boulder, Colorado.

The Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027, after spending 40 years in Park City, Utah.

Filling an empty space on the wall of presidential portraits in the Colorado Capitol with a new painting of Donald Trump could take time after one he disliked was taken down.

As President Donald Trump's administration seeks to roll back funding for transit, walking and biking projects, some states are trying to advance them on their own.

A federal agency says it killed a collard wolf that apparently crossed from Colorado into Wyoming and killed several sheep.

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case.

Officials in the Western U.S. who protect the public from avalanches are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other scientists.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders used everything at his disposal to finetune his game — six college offensive coordinators at two different schools, a multitude of NFL resources, his own father, even Tom Brady.

Authorities in Colorado say thieves nabbed a pair of high-priced bulldogs from a pet store after one of them allegedly faked a seizure to distract employees while an accomplice grabbed the puppies from a pen and ran out.

America loves trucks.

A Denver family alleges that a police SWAT team mistakenly raided their apartment in June 2023, forcing a mother and a grandmother out at gunpoint and then terrifying two young girls who were still inside the home.

One person has been killed in a weekend avalanche in Colorado.

Record high egg prices prompted Nevada lawmakers to unanimously back suspending their cage-free egg law, but the six other states with similar laws in effect have shown no sign of dropping them even if it might help lower grocery bills.

A man wanted for a deadly 2023 South Florida shooting was captured more than 1,000 miles away in Colorado, federal authorities said.

Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal support for such care.

Caitlin Clark is going to wait until Indianapolis hosts the WNBA All-Star weekend to enter her first 3-point contest.

Facing the prospect of Mikko Rantanen becoming an unrestricted free agent after this season, Colorado general manager Chris MacFarland felt the timing was right to trade the star forward and bolster the Avalanche’s roster for the future.

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died.

A school therapy dog in Colorado has just embarked on a new chapter in his career – becoming a published author.

As Democratic governors across the country adapt to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans, some are trying to build a friendly relationship while others are strategizing ways to resist.

Wildlife officials have rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado.

A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month.

Officials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.

A Colorado jeweler and his team were recently challenged to put Apollo 11 space material into a wedding band.

Lindsey Vonn will make her return to professional skiing at age 40 this weekend in the FIS Fall Festival at Copper Mountain, Colorado.

Lindsey Vonn is going to enter an official ski race for the first time in nearly six years this weekend at age 40.

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders says he’ll play in his team’s bowl game, while his dad says he’s planning on CU’s Heisman favorite, Travis Hunter, being there, too.

Shedeur Sanders set Colorado’s all-time single-season passing record, surpassing Koy Detmer’s 28-year-old mark.

U.S. wildlife officials are proposing new habitat protections in the southern Rocky Mountains for Canada lynx.

Andrej Jakimovski converted an off-balance layup with 8 seconds left, and Colorado handed No. 2 UConn its second loss in two days at the Maui Invitational, beating the two-time defending national champion 73-72.

A Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado has killed the aircraft’s pilot and an aerial photographer.

Federal water officials have made public what they call “necessary steps” for the seven states and multiple tribes that rely on the Colorado River to meet an August 2026 deadline for deciding how to manage the waterway in the future.

Oregon remains the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after its close call at Wisconsin.

Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes were expected to plead guilty Friday, but the hearing was postponed because of a snowstorm.

A national campaign is backing ballot measures in six states to end partisan primaries.

The U.S. House race in Colorado's 8th Congressional District is one of the closest in the nation and a testing ground for Republicans' and Democrats' strategies to reach Latino voters.

McDonald's says testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E.

Missouri voters are considering whether to make the state the 40th jurisdiction to legalize sports betting.

A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sick in 13 states.

A California-based produce company is the source of fresh onions linked to a deadly E.

Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds have pleaded guilty to federal charges for defrauding clients.

McDonald’s is working to reassure U.S. customers that its restaurants are safe even as federal investigators try to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E.

A Colorado man repeatedly made online threats about killing the top elections officials in his state and Arizona, as well as a judge and law enforcement agents.

Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty is a unanimous selection and Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter occupies two first-team positions on The Associated Press midseason All-America team.

Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter left the Buffaloes’ game against Kansas State late in the second quarter Saturday night after an apparent shoulder injury on a 14-yard reception.

Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led to an elevator accident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide.

An international yoga business founder whose chain of yoga studios promoted themselves as “Yoga to the People” has pleaded guilty to a tax charge in a New York federal court.

A former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for leading a scheme to breach voting system data in her county.

A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder.

A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison for murder.

Jurors have begun deliberating whether a mentally ill man who said he heard “killing voices” should be convicted of murder for fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 or be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

The mother of a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 says her son is “sick” and he began acting strangely two years before the shooting.

A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020.

Colorado wildlife officials have captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program.

Democrats have denounced the conservative Project 2025 blueprint in hundreds of ads and billboards, printed it in oversized book form as a convention prop and mentioned it frequently.

A prosecutor in London says an American woman accused of murdering her two youngest children in Colorado last December told her 11-year-old daughter who survived the attack that God was making her do it.

Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices.

A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born.

The new-look Big 12 begins play this weekend and the pressure is on to perform.

Deion Sanders is adamant about keeping negativity out of his life and his football program at Colorado.

Extreme heat at a Colorado airshow caused about 100 people to seek emergency treatment and sent 10 people to area hospitals.

A lawyer for former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election conspiracy theorists who is accused of orchestrating a breach of election security equipment, was trying to prevent voting information from being erased and didn't break any laws.

A “mega den” of rattlesnakes at a remote location in northern Colorado is now available for live, round-the-clock viewing online.

Four poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu.

The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York next week.

A fourth dairy worker in the U.S. has been infected with bird flu.

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reviving a critical approval for a railroad project that would carry crude oil and boost fossil fuel production in rural eastern Utah.

Ryan McMahon drew a bases-loaded walk on a full-count, pitch-clock violation by Kyle Finnegan, and the Colorado Rockies scored two runs in the ninth inning for an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Colorado’s congressional delegation faces a reshuffling in new week's state primaries after a retirement, resignation and one relocation have ensured that at least a third of the state’s population will have new representation in Washington next year.

A report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education system’s omission of that history in its curriculum.

Rising home values have led to higher real estate taxes around the U.S. Now many states are looking to provide relief to frustrated residents.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a sea of white-capped graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation.

A onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump is agreeing to a ban from practicing in Colorado for three years.

High school commencement speaker Jillian Ball, who was born with Down Syndrome, moved the crowd to tears at her graduation ceremony in Colorado.

State lawmakers first attempts at regulating discrimination from artificial intelligence have floundered in states across the country.

Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand wasn’t too outraged over the disputed hit he took that’s sidelined him for the past two games. Because in his view, hurting players comes with the territory in the postseason.

EA Sports has revealed an image of the College Football 25 cover that features Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter.

Wyatt Johnston scored twice on the eve of his 21st birthday as the Dallas Stars pushed Colorado to the brink of elimination with a 5-1 win in Game 4 that came hours after Avalanche standout Valeri Nichushkin was suspended for at least six months.

For a second consecutive year, the Avalanche are on the brink of elimination with Valeri Nichushkin, one of their top players, unavailable due to circumstances away from the ice.

Tyler Seguin scored the tie-breaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series.

Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state’s lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.

The coincidence of presidential elections in the U.S. and Mexico every 12 years provides a valuable way to compare the two countries.

Defenses around the NHL playoffs have been depleted by existing and new injuries, from Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev and Colorado’s Samuel Girard being out long term to Carolina’s Brett Pesce going down Monday night and Washington being down to minor leaguers to fill its many voids.

Federal authorities have indicted the owners of a Colorado funeral home on criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds from the U.S. government.

Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House has passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms.

Nolan Jones made no excuses.

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have been catalysts for the rapid rise of women’s college basketball because of their play on the court that has drawn millions of new fans to the sport and their success off of it.

Caitlin Clark had 29 points and 15 assists to lead top-seeded Iowa to an 89-68 win over fifth-seeded Colorado in the women’s NCAA Tournament.