5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (472+ words) The Montrose Police Department has formally welcomed a new law enforcement academy graduate and patrol officer, Riley Thompson to its ranks this week, filling a vacant position within the agency. Officer Thompson was officially sworn in during a ceremony held…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (517+ words) A man expressing suicidal thoughts May 9 disregarded police commands to lay down the rifle he was parading down the street in a residential neighborhood, then turned and moved as if to grip the weapon with both hands and raise it,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (432+ words) State Rep. Regina English attends an event hosted by Colorado's Black Democratic Legislative Caucus to provide a 2023 legislative preview at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in Denver, Jan. 25, 2023. (Kevin Mohatt for Colorado Newsline) The Colorado House of Representatives gave preliminary approval…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (537+ words) The Byron G. Rogers U. S. Courthouse in downtown Denver is pictured on Jan. 21, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) A federal judge in Denver on Tuesday said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Colorado have continued to make warrantless arrests in violation of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (451+ words) Coloradans would be able to sue federal officials over improper immigration enforcement under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Thursday. Senate Bill 26-5 was one of the first bills introduced this year by Democrats at the Capitol. It creates a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (695+ words) Center, from left, Montrose County Commissioners Kirstin Copeland and Sue Hansen stand with Sheriff Gene Lillard and members of the sheriff's office, command staff and jail staff, after commissioners read a proclamation on May 6, recognizing May 3 - 9 as National Correctional Officers…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (540+ words) Some of the justices appeared to be searching for a middle ground during oral arguments in a case out of Virginia challenging what is known as a geofence warrant that was used to catch a bank robber. Several justices asked…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (818+ words) The California man said by federal prosecutors to have opened fire just outside the White House Correspondents" Association dinner, where President Donald Trump was in attendance alongside Cabinet members and lawmakers, was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate the president,…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago  (473+ words) On Saturday April 25, Montrose and Ouray Counties The April 25 event was hosted by'Montrose and Ouray Counties Indivisible and was in coordination with wider "Communities Not Cages National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention," a coordinated nationwide mobilization against…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (388+ words) Each year, the Colorado State Patrol selects a trooper who best demonstrates outstanding work performance, initiative, leadership, character, and integrity and whose actions or performance significantly exceed expectations if they exemplify the Colorado State Patrol's core values of Honor, Duty,…...