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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.

Mabhulane (Mabu), right, walks with his female companion in their open roaming area of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, Calif., Jan. 19, 2023. A community in the heart of California’s farm belt has been drawn into a growing global debate over whether elephants should be in zoos. In recent years, some larger zoos have phased out elephant exhibits, but the Fresno Chaffee Zoo has gone in another direction, updating its Africa exhibit and collaborating with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums on breeding. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

Elephant show permit for Colorado Renaissance Festival denied, animal advocacy group says

June 7, 2025 at 8:16 a.m.

The Animal Activist Legal Defense Project claimed the show at the festival in Larkspur violated Colorado law prohibiting elephants from being used in traveling acts.

A Colorado State Patrol vehicle is shown on U.S. 287 in August. (Matthew Jonas – Staff Photographer)

Five injured in I-70 crash after semitruck lost brakes, State Patrol says

June 6, 2025 at 9:27 p.m.

State troopers cited the truck driver who caused the crash, a 57-year-old Texas man, for careless driving causing injury.

Storm clouds gather above the iconic tents of Denver International Airport from the incoming snow storm at Denver International Airport in Denver on March 13, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

More than 900 DIA flights delayed, canceled as thunderstorms hit Colorado’s Front Range

June 6, 2025 at 7:21 p.m.

Flights are delayed by an average of 86 minutes because of a ground delay for thunderstorms, the FAA said.

Rain continues to fall as people walk around Sloans Lake in Denver on May 7, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado weather: Tornado watch in effect for Front Range, Eastern Plains

June 6, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

A tornado watch is in effect for most Colorado counties south of Interstate 70 and east of the Interstate 25 corridor, according to the National Weather Service.

A banner with photos of Megan Trussell that had been placed near Mile Marker 40 in Boulder Canyon. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Colorado state senator raises questions in death investigation of CU Boulder student

June 6, 2025 at 6:45 a.m.

The death of Megan Trussell and the following investigation by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office raised several concerns and exposed potential gaps in Colorado's laws and policies, the state senator...

An airplane flies over Denver International Airport on May 6, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Over 1,000 flights delayed at Denver International Airport amid ground stop, weather

June 5, 2025 at 6:37 p.m.

The ground stop lasted through 8:15 a.m. Thursday, but delays and traffic control programs continued.

Heavy rain packing high winds and large hail snarls traffic on Wazee Street as the summer storm sweeps over downtown Denver on Thursday, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado weather: Douglas County under flash flood warning

June 6, 2025 at 8:21 a.m.

A flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Douglas and Elbert counties, according to a warning posted by the National Weather Service's Boulder office.

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Pueblo officer hits, kills armed shoplifting suspect, state patrol says

June 4, 2025 at 6:12 a.m.

A Pueblo police officer struck and killed a shoplifting suspect who brandished a handgun and refused to follow orders, Colorado State Patrol officials said Tuesday.

A black bear seen wandering through metro Denver was captured near an Aurora home on May 31, 2025, and relocated to a better bear habitat. (Courtesy of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)

Roaming Denver-area bear captured near Aurora home, relocated to a better habitat

June 3, 2025 at 6:19 p.m.

The bear was seen in Lone Tree and in the backyard of an Arapahoe County home before an Aurora resident saw it near the 27500 block of East Elmhurst Place...

Jeffco man sentenced to life in prison in rock-throwing spree that killed Alexa Bartell

June 3, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

Joseph Koenig, 20, will spend the rest of his life in the Colorado Department of Corrections after a jury found him guilty in April on 19 counts related to throwing...

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