The Latest Breaking News from Colorado

He's accused of killing a man who gave him a place to live.

The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season, with more acres burned in Colorado alone in 2025 than in the past four years combined. If global warming continues on its current trajectory, the amount of forest area burned each year could double or even triple by midcentury.

In most cases, what you get won't quite cut it for retirees looking to settle down in states like Florida, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming.

Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, at 20.9 per 100,000 in 2023. Of the state’s 940 gun deaths that year, nearly 72% were by suicide.