FRONT PAGE: A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
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Colorado is opening its first new state park near metro Denver in 35 years Saturday, a protected patch of nature 36 miles southwest of the city.
The absence of a commerce-oriented visitor center at Staunton State Park emphasizes the natural assets of the place, such as Elk Creek Falls plummeting 100 feet over granite cliffs and views of the snow-packed north face of Pikes Peak.
The 3,828-acre park — a habitat for wild animals from tufted-eared squirrels and yellow-bellied marmots to black bears — also is expected to become a mecca for rock climbers, horseback riders, mountain bikers and hikers
Check out a photo gallery of Colorado’s newest state park.
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When community activist Greg Rasheed first heard about tiny libraries popping up in front yards across America, he wanted to spark the trend in Denver.
He bought a bread box at Goodwill, filled it with books, put it in the front yard of his North City Park home and waited for folks to partake of his Little Free Library.
Soon enough, sanitation crews, construction workers and neighborhood kids were all grabbing books.
Read more about how these hyperlocal libraries are exciting book-lovers across Colorado
View snapshots of history from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal to 1966 suburbia life in Englewood, Colorado.
Check in with our Archive Picture of the Day photo gallery to see some pictures from The Denver Post’s past.
Two billboards in which images of Native Americans are used to make a gun rights argument are causing a stir with some residents who say the image is offensive and insensitive.
The billboards in this northern Colorado city show three men dressed in traditional Native American attire and the words “Turn in your arms. The government will take care of you.”
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A recent study shows marijuana-related toxicity cases among pets in Colorado has quadrupled between 2005 and 2010.
Raw Video: Two people were reportedly shot during the annual 420 Rally at Denver’s Civic Center Park on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Shots were reportedly fired just after 5 p.m.
WARNING: LANGUAGE
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People were shot in Denver’s Civic Center during Saturday’s pot rally.
According to paramedics on the scene three people were shot. Denver police reported that one victim was shot in the leg and and another victim suffered unknown injuries.
All three victims are en route to Denver Health Medical Center.
This is the first 4/20 rally since Colorado voters legalized marijuana use for people 21 and older in November, and rally organizers have said they expected 80,000 people to attend, though city officials say they expect fewer.
Ahead of what organizers say will be one of the largest marijuana-themed celebrations in the world, a number of officials in Denver are looking to this weekend’s events with something between wariness and dread.
Take, for instance, the city’s… Read more at denverpost.com
Silo and Barn at Sunset.
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golden hour in steamboat, colorado
Sunrise over Manitou Springs after several days of below-freezing temperatures.
Garden of the Gods
Pikes Peak, once again.
Echo Lake, Colorado
