Colorado Governor Jared Polis ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff beginning immediately until sunset, July 9, 2022.

AccuWeather meteorologists expect temperatures to skyrocket across the Intermountain West heading into this weekend, with a few locales potentially reaching their hottest levels of the year thus far.

The COVID public health emergency forced many Nebraska students to put their college careers on hold.

Government labels on meat products that say "humane" or "raised in a stress-free environment" are meaningless, according to some animal-rights groups, because the feds don't verify the companies' practices on the ground. 

California is restricting state-funded travel to several states because its politicians disagree with political policies enacted by those states over the past several months.

People who visited national parks in Utah spent an estimated $1.6 billion in surrounding regions during 2021, according to a new report by the National Park Service.

Auto thefts in Colorado are up 18 percent so far this year, according to state law enforcement.

Highland Park Police officials have a person of interest in custody following a mass shooting that left six dead and 31 wounded at an Independence Day parade Monday.

Coming off a string of controversial opinions, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case tied to oversight of federal elections. That has pro-democracy groups worried. 

New, smaller designs for nuclear reactors have been touted as vital for the clean energy future, but new research found they could generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants.