Category: Colorado

Ex-Nevada Inmate Gets Life for 1984 Colorado Hammer Killings

CENTENNIAL, Colo.—A former Nevada prison inmate was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life sentences in the long-unsolved 1984 hammer killings of three Colorado family members, including a 7-year-old girl, inside their suburban Denver home. Sixty-one-year-old Alex Ewing was convicted Aug. 6 of first-degree murder after a two-day trial in which prosecutors contended Ewing used a…


Large Colorado Rally Says ‘No’ to Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines

More than 250 people from all over Colorado gathered Friday outside UCHealth of the Rockies in Loveland to protest against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers. The rally was the third and largest sponsored by Nurses and Healthcare Workers United, a grass roots organization of medical workers that opposes the vaccine mandates. “With the…


Colorado Rally Says ‘No’ to Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines

More than 250 people from all over Colorado gathered Friday outside UCHealth of the Rockies in Loveland to protest against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers. The rally was the third sponsored by Nurses and Healthcare Workers United, a grassroots organization of medical workers that opposes the vaccine mandates. “With the announcement of three…


Colorado Secretary of State Investigates County After Election Systems Passwords Posted Online

Authorities in Colorado this week said they are investigating after election systems passwords and other data were recently posted online. Passwords that were posted online were for individual hardware stations belonging to Mesa County, according to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office. The secretary ordered Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to provide surveillance video footage…


Denver Police Officers Who Don’t Get COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Fired

Police officers and other Denver city workers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine will face discipline and could be fired, according to the city’s Department of Public Safety. Murphy Robinson, executive director, says he’s ready to enforce an order from Robert McDonald, public health administrator for the city and county of Denver. McDonald last week…


Colorado Husband Accused of Killing Wife Appears in Court

SALIDA, Colo.—A Colorado man who posted a video on social media pleading for his wife’s return shortly after she vanished on Mother’s Day 2020 appeared in court Monday to face accusations that he killed her. Barry Morphew, 53, who is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the death of Suzanne Morphew, sat in…


Colorado Mudslides Wreak Havoc on Major Transportation Route

DENVER—As ominous storm clouds gathered in western Colorado over a large area blackened by a recent wildfire, torrential rain fell, and the charred land stripped of vegetation gave way, sending a rush of mud and boulders tumbling down steep canyon walls and onto a major highway. The July 29 mudslides stranded more than 100 people…


Colorado Man Sentenced in Major Green Energy Fraud

An Aurora, Colorado man was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $37 million restitution by United States District Judge Joel Slomsky for operating a $54 million Ponzi scheme in one of the largest green energy frauds in U.S. history. Wayde McKelvy, 59, was convicted in…


US Judge Sanctions Lawyers Over ‘Fantastical’ 2020 Election Lawsuit

A federal judge on Wednesday sanctioned two lawyers who represented clients claiming Dominion Voting Systems and other parties interfered with the 2020 election through a coordinated effort. The case was thrown out in April due to lack of standing, but defendants, including Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, filed motions for sanctions, arguing attorneys should have meaningfully…


Mudslides Force More Than 100 to Spend Night on Highway

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.—More than 100 people had to spend the night on a highway, including nearly 30 who took refuge in a tunnel, after rain over an area burned by a wildfire once again triggered mudslides in western Colorado, authorities said Friday. The people were caught with their vehicles on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon…