Fort Collins Coloradoan

Republican Cory Gardner has an 11-point lead over Democratic incumbent Betsy Markey as the fall congressional campaign gets underway, a new poll by a GOP-affiliated group shows.

The National Republican Congressional Committee this week purchased advertising time on Denver network TV stations for the first three weeks of October, with all signs pointing to an all-out ad blitz against Democrat Betsy Markey.

Gov. Bill Ritter today appointed prosecutor Tom Lynch to the Larimer County court bench.

CSU invites Ram fans, alumni and friends to events in Denver on Sept. 3-4 in preparation for the Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown between the Colorado State University Rams and the University of Colorado Buffalos.

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Police shot a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took three people hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely.

The chairman of the Larimer County Democratic Party has filed a formal complaint with state elections officials alleging that Larimer Sheriff Jim Alderden has misused taxpayer resources to campaign on behalf of the man he wants to replace him.

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Bidding at the Colorado State Fair's annual Junior Livestock Sale was up this year.

DENVER -- State Board of Education members spent this morning hearing about the complex maze that must be managed before parents and community members can be told about the arrests of licensed teachers in Colorado and the existing loopholes that could allow some arrests and convictions of licensed...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent as the sour economy dried up jobs and increased enforcement made it harder to sneak across the border with Mexico, a new study finds.

Taylor Minkler started using meth when she was 13, and, for years, she got away with it.

Shelby, a 12-year-old sandy-colored Labrador mix, sauntered Tuesday morning into the lobby of Animal House Rescue and Grooming, a pet shelter in northwest Fort Collins.

The Fort Collins Museum could hit a financial speed bump just as it's getting ready to launch a new, multimillion-dollar facility.

Staffers for Rep. Betsy Markey will have office hours specifically geared toward senior citizen issues in Fort Collins.

The Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport received nearly 50 applications for its open manager position; the application deadline was Friday.

An effort to create a program through which Larimer County residents and businesses could get low-interest loans to fund energy improvements has come up short.

Fort Collins police are investigating a reported armed robbery early Monday at the Hilton Fort Collins across from the CSU campus.

State education officials today are holding a hearing on how a previously ignored state law requiring educator arrests to be disclosed to schools is working.