Two people died early Sunday morning in a suspected drunken driving crash that shut down northbound Interstate 25 for hours in Douglas County, according to Lone Tree officials.

A former Douglas County teacher was sentenced this month to more than a decade in prison after initiating a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student in 2024, sheriff’s officials said.

The 24 fire, a wildfire that sparked last week in southern Colorado, has consumed nearly 2,000 acres and evacuated dozens of residents, officials said Sunday.

Northbound Interstate 25 was closed for hours Sunday morning between Castle Pines and Lone Tree after a fatal crash involving several vehicles, officials said.

One person was taken to the hospital Saturday morning after an airplane crashed near a privately owned rural airport in El Paso County, sheriff’s officials said.

U.S. 6 reopened south of Golden on Saturday after a crash caused a hazardous materials spill, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.

A teenager arrested Wednesday on suspicion of killing his stepbrother at their Longmont home is facing a first-degree murder charge, according to the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.