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Civic Center Blues: A brief respite from fear

Something was odd. Might have been the emu oil. Might have been the horsehair raku pottery. Might have been the upscale s'mores getting gooey in the sun when usually that's the province of month-old chewing gum. But, no, what was strange about The Park on a midweek day was this: People.

Search on for hiker missing near Estes Park

Rescuers are searching for a Maryland man who hasn't returned from a solo hike in Hell's Canyon, an extremely steep terrain outside of Estes Park.

Poll shows Udall, Schaffer in dead heat

Democrat Mark Udall and Republican candidate Bob Schaffer are in a dead heat in their U.S. Senate race, according to a poll released today.

State no longer overseeing elections in Routt, Montrose counties

Routt and Montrose counties are no longer under state election oversight because of improvements made since the 2006 elections, Secretary of State Mike Coffman announced Thursday morning.

Child run over in driveway by grandpa

A 1-year-old Jefferson County boy was injured Wednesday when he ran out to greet his grandfather, who was parking his tow truck in the driveway.

Asphalt roller badly hurts man in Westminster

An asphalt roller fell over and trapped a man for 15 minutes Wednesday in Westminster.

Fort Collins police ramp up effort to solve kidnapping

Fort Collins police have ramped up their investigation into the kidnapping Saturday of a woman at gunpoint, allegedly by her former boyfriend, as she was leaving the Dollar Tree Store where she worked.

New charge in 'Mortal Kombat' death

An additional count of felony child abuse causing serious bodily injury was added Wednesday against a Johnstown teen accused of beating a 7-year-old girl to death while acting out the video game Mortal Kombat.

Small plane crashes in Longmont; pair escapes injury

A small plane crashed Wednesday in a field near Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, but no one was hurt.

Joy ride ends in death

Early Tuesday morning, Lolita Prater, 17, helped her boyfriend push a Ford Explorer from her sleeping parents' Woodmoor driveway for what was supposed to be a joy ride. It ended tragically hours later when Prater was pronounced dead after the vehicle she was driving rolled on a Black Forest road.

Infant among 3 dead in shooting

The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting deaths of three people — a baby boy, a man and a woman found this morning in a home near this rural community 36 miles east of Denver.