Patricio Illanes faces charges of sexual exploitation of a child after more than a decade of working with children in Colorado.

Snow started falling across Colorado early Thursday morning, prompting multiple winter weather advisories south and west of Denver, according to the National Weather Service.

Colorado’s attorney general is accusing the Trump administration of waging a “revenge campaign” against the state.

Communities across the country and in Colorado are standing up in the wake of the tragedy this week in Minneapolis.

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Jan. 8, 2026 as of 10 a.m. Thursday: Breen, CO — 1 inch at 7 a.m. Carbondale, CO — 1 inch at 7:45 a.m. Cattle Creek, CO — 1.5 inches at 8:12 a.m.

Colorado wildlife authorities have ended their search for mountain lions along a hiking trail where a woman was killed in an attack on Jan. 1.

Coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes added some needed depth at quarterback on Wednesday night, landing a commitment from Utah transfer Isaac Wilson.

The Colorado Department of Transportation and local interest groups are developing plans to improve traffic on I-270, but they are taking very different approaches. Both groups are calling on the community to join in public hearings to weigh in.

Their proposal would repeal Colorado’s unique requirement that labor unions hold a second election before they can fully negotiate with businesses. Gov. Polis vetoed it last year.

The January transfer window continues to reshape the landscape in Boulder. This time, it's defensive lineman Alexander McPherson who officially committed to Pen

Weiser said that Trump is targeting the state due to former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder and convicted felon Tina Peters.

The House could not clear the two-thirds majority needed overturn President Trump's first two vetoes of his second term.