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Katie Langford

Katie Langford covers breaking news for The Denver Post. Before joining the Post in 2023, she wrote about education, local government and the arts at the Ouray County Plaindealer, Boulder Daily Camera and Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. A lifelong Coloradan, Katie grew up in Grand Junction and studied journalism at the University of Northern Colorado. When she’s not in the newsroom, Katie enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, being outdoors and soaking up everything Colorado has to offer.

Denver sees warmest spring in 13 years, National Weather Service says

June 3, 2025 at 1:17 p.m.

Denverites enjoyed one of the warmest springs the metro has logged in more than a decade, largely because of warm temperatures and minimal snow in March, according to the National...

Two people shield themselves from the rain with umbrellas as they walk around the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on May 6, 2025. Rain is forecast for the rest of the day into tomorrow morning. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Colorado weather: Widespread rain with a chance of severe storms, hail and a tornado

June 2, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

Colorado’s overcast skies will turn into widespread rain across metro Denver with a chance of severe thunderstorms, large hail and a tornado on the Eastern Plains, National Weather Service forecasters...

Vickie Gottlieb, left, of Greeley, Colo., joins her husband, Troy, in a prayer for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County courthouse on Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

‘Antisemitic terror attack’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall planned for a year, FBI says; 4 new victims found

June 2, 2025 at 9:57 p.m.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, intended to carry out a mass shooting in downtown Boulder and only switched to an explosive plan after he was denied a gun because of his...

Law enforcement officials are on scene to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025. Multiple people were burned, some severely, during a vigil that called on Hamas to release Israeli hostages. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

8 people set on fire in ‘targeted act of violence’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall

June 2, 2025 at 1:14 p.m.

The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, used a "makeshift flamethrower" in his attack on supporters of Israeli hostages, the FBI says.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves

Colorado Parks and Wildlife kills wolf linked to livestock attacks on Western Slope

May 31, 2025 at 1:14 p.m.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials killed a gray wolf from the Copper Creek Pack linked to four livestock attacks on the Western Slope this month, the agency said Friday.

I-70 signs in Idaho Springs, Colorado on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Eastbound I-70 reopens near Vail Pass after crash caused closure

May 30, 2025 at 5:09 p.m.

Eastbound Interstate 70 has reopened between east Vail and Vail Pass after the highway was closed for a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

An unknown motorcycle rider hit and seriously injured a scooter rider in the 2600 block of Larimer Street in Denver's Five Points neighborhood on May 23, 2025, police said. (Courtesy of the Denver Police Department)

Motorcyclist wanted in Denver hit-and-run that injured scooter rider

May 31, 2025 at 9:21 a.m.

Denver police are looking for information about a motorcycle rider who hit and seriously injured a pedestrian on a scooter in Five Points, the department said Friday.

Brighton police cruiser and crime scene tape

Fatal Brighton stabbing started over money dispute, police say

May 30, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

A Brighton man charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of 34-year-old Victor Ibarra killed him over a dispute involving paying for a phone, according to an arrest affidavit.

Yuvi Agarwal, 12, from Houston, Texas, plays the piano for Raina the Siberian Husky, left, and Azul, a Cane Corso mix at the Denver Animal Shelter in Denver on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Agarwal founded the nonprofit Wild Tunes to bring volunteer musicians to play music for animals in shelters to help reduce stress levels. The Denver Animal Shelter is leaning their program in June. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

How a 12-year-old musician is helping Denver Animal Shelter adopt out more dogs, cats

June 3, 2025 at 12:43 p.m.

When Yuvi Agarwal began playing the keyboard for a room full of dogs at the Denver Animal Shelter on Thursday, the music was hard to distinguish between the barks and...

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A321 plane takes off in front of the control tower at Istanbul Airport on April 6, 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Another Colorado measles case tied to Turkish Airlines flight into DIA

May 29, 2025 at 6:47 p.m.

People who visited parts of Denver, Aurora, Greenwood Village and Evergreen last week and weekend may have been exposed, officials said.

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