Friday, July 31, 2026 | | |
| | | | | A helicopter unsuccessfully attempted to pick up five firefighters just before a fire overtook them, killing three of the firefighting crew and fatally injuring another on Colorado’s Western Slope, according to a preliminary report by federal investigators. | | | | | A Denver police pursuit of an apparent carjacking suspect ended with a crash on Highway 7 that sent the suspect and a teenage victim to the hospital with serious injuries. | | | | | Troopers found open and unopened alcoholic beverages in the Chevrolet that was going westbound on Weld County Road 80 near Ault, which crashed and killed three men. | | | | | Chandler Lamar Gordon didn’t relent with his requests, and threatened to “show ur mom this or people in ur school” if she didn’t give him what he wanted. | | | | | The Boulder County Coroner’s Office has identified remains found nearly 55 years ago as 22-year-old Douglas Sumner. The office is now asking for the public’s help to find the man’s surviving family members. | | | | | The family of a 19-year-old Colorado volunteer who died in a crash at a Young Life camp in Oregon in 2024 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit | | | | | The lawsuit says the woman returned to work the day after the assault out of fear of losing her job. The man was still at the shelter, and later that night he assaulted the other woman. | | | |