Governor Polis appointed M. Christina Floyd to Lake County Court and Jeffrey M. Cure to Kit Carson County Court, filling vacancies in Colorado's judicial system.
Eads faces near-record heat through Sunday with temperatures climbing to 102 Saturday and 103 Sunday before a significant weather pattern change brings monsoon moisture and thunderstorms midweek.
Wildfire smoke will blanket much of Idaho this week with air quality expected to reach unhealthy levels, with little improvement forecast for the next several days.
The Trump administration is expanding waivers allowing six states to consolidate over $109 million in federal education funding and bypass certain local school requirements.
Wild Bill Hickok's death in the Dakota Territory in August 1876 made headlines in Colorado, while a lesser-known gambler named Tim Shay was shot and killed in La Junta the same week.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee targets all four of Colorado's Republican-held U.S. House seats as winnable in 2026, adding the 3rd and 4th districts to its priority list.