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Bob, a 3-year-old shiba inu, escaped from a vehicle during a crash on Interstate 70 before on Thursday, April 3, 2025. He was reunited with his owner the next morning, after being spotted by a Colorado Department of Transportation employee. (Colorado Department of Transportation/Courtesy photo)

Military veteran’s service dog that escaped during I-70 crash reunited with owner after becoming lost near tunnels

April 8, 2025 at 1:15 p.m.

Bob — a 3-year-old shiba inu — ran across several lanes of I-70 traffic and spent the night near the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels before being rescued.

A snowboarder navigates a run on opening day at Keystone October 28, 2022. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

VIDEO: Colorado skier has close encounter with bear at Keystone Resort on closing day

April 8, 2025 at 12:53 p.m.

Closing day at Keystone Resort appeared to coincide with the end of the winter denning season for bears — as a black bear charged across a ski run Sunday, April 6.

Powder stashes were everywhere on Arapahoe Basin Ski Area on Monday, Feb. 17. The Colorado Rocky Mountains are due for another snowstorm beginning Thursday evening, March 13, with significant snow totals expected at ski areas throughout the state.

Weekend snowstorm to deliver significant snow to Colorado’s ski areas, including along I-70 corridor, amid spring break season

March 12, 2025 at 9:52 a.m.

A snowstorm that is expected to deliver significant fresh powder to the Colorado Rocky Mountains could also impact weekend ski traffic amid the spring break season.

David Lesh enters the federal courthouse in Grand Junction during a 2021 trial. (McKenzie Lange/Grand Junction Sentinel archive)

Jury finds Colorado influencer David Lesh guilty of 3rd degree assault, not guilty of felony assault

January 21, 2025 at 12:51 p.m.

The assault charges stem from a fight that occurred during a snowmobiling outing at Spring Creek trailhead in Summit County in March 2023.

David Lesh enters the federal courthouse in Grand Junction after a trial break on Aug. 5, 2021. A judge found Lesh guilty of two petty offenses, one of which was overturned by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. (McKenzie Lange/Grand Junction Sentinel archive)

Social media influencer, Virtika owner David Lesh scheduled for trial on assault charges in Summit County

December 27, 2024 at 7:55 a.m.

A Denver-based social media influencer and notorious stuntman is scheduled for a jury trial in Summit County next month on assault charges related to a dispute that occurred in March...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves

Colorado Parks and Wildlife updates rules to allow ranchers to kill wolves that are attacking “working dogs”

July 22, 2024 at 4:57 p.m.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has updated its rules to allow ranchers to kill wolves that are actively attacking “working dogs.”

A kayaker paddles on Chatfield Reservoir as Colorado Parks and Wildlife park ranger Tyler Hall looks to see if they’re wearing a life jacket in Chatfield State Park on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Colorado officials “begging” people to wear life jackets this Fourth of July as deaths near record-setting pace

July 2, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

“It’s not even the Fourth of July weekend yet, and we’re at almost 20 recreation-related water fatalities. That’s not okay,”

The peaks of the Gore Range north of Vail Pass, as seen from Shrine Pass shortly before sunrise on Easter 2016. (John Meyer, Denver Post)

“Lucky” skier avoids dangerous avalanche in Gore Range over the spring holiday weekend

May 29, 2024 at 1:37 p.m.

A skier in the Gore Range had a close call with a relatively large avalanche on Monday, May 27, highlighting the continued need for caution in the backcountry, according to...

Summit County Rescue Group members helped rescue two hikers from a couloir on Quandary Peak on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Chris Denning, Summit County Rescue Group)

Pair of hikers rescued from Quandary Peak couloir in 8-hour mission

May 24, 2024 at 2:29 p.m.

The hikers, who were Front Range residents, escaped unharmed from a couloir on the south side of Quandary Peak, but the rescue mission exposed rescuers to potential hazards such as...

Three backcountry recreationists work their way through the debris of an avalanche in a couloir of Quandary Peak on Sunday, April 21, 2024.

Backcountry skier says group that triggered Quandary Peak avalanche left without rendering aid

April 24, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

Skiers say an encounter in the Colorado backcountry grew ugly this past weekend when one party triggered an avalanche that swept the member of another group through a couloir at...

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