Author: Rema Rahman

DENVER — Hundreds of uniformed police officers packed a Colorado church Saturday for the funeral of a Denver officer who was shot and killed while breaking up a fight in a city park. Celena Hollis, a 32-year-old single mother, died June 24 when she was shot in the head. Hollis, a seven-year veteran of the…

DENVER — A judge is considering whether the federal government followed environmental regulations when deciding to allow drilling for natural gas on Colorado’s Roan Plateau. U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger heard arguments Tuesday in Denver in a lawsuit that dates back to 2008. She said she would rule as soon as possible. Lawyers argued for…

DENVER — State officials are recommending organizational changes to the Colorado State Forest Service following a deadly wildfire that grew out of a prescribed burn the agency had set. Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced a proposal to have the agency’s wildfire management functions and the state Division of Emergency Management report to the Colorado…

DENVER — The pungent smell of pot that blankets a popular quadrangle at the University of Colorado-Boulder every April 20 is being replaced by the stench of fish-based fertilizer Friday as administrators try to stamp out one of the nation’s largest annual campus celebrations of marijuana. After more than 10,000 people — students and non-students…

DENVER — The West’s 2012 wildfire season exploded in earnest last month with a wind-whipped blaze that killed three people in rugged alpine canyon country near Denver. It took a 700-strong federal firefighting team a week of labor, day and night, to tame the blaze — and other states throughout the West took notice. Fire…

DENVER — Sam Lucas was among the first to begin calling 911 about a wildfire burning near his home on the outskirts of Denver. But the dispatcher, having already answered a handful of calls about the fire, cut Lucas off to tell him it was a controlled burn and that the forest service was on…