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Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a woman who expected to pay about $1,300 for spinal fusion surgery but was billed more than $300,000 by a suburban Denver hospital that included charges it never disclosed she might be liable for. This week’s ruling in favor of Lisa French, who underwent two surgeries in 2014, follows efforts by many U.S. states and the federal government to help curb health care costs by restricting or eliminating so-called “surprise billing ” and requiring increased price transparency for consumers. In a unanimous opinion, the Colorado justices ruled Monday that agreements French signed before surgery at St. Anthony North Health Campus in Westminster don’t compel her to pay the extra charges, which stemmed from a then-secret list of prices for services that hadn't been disclosed to her.

JetBlue launched a hostile takeover of Spirit earlier this week with $30-a-share tender offer.

"I think we're gonna engage in that race pretty quickly," David Wheeler, of the American Muckrakers PAC, told Insider of the group's "Fire Boebert" plans.

The megadrought fueled by climate change that has long gripped the western U.S. is moving eastward.

Desirability and affordability mentioned as two factors for Sunshine State cities dropping year-over-year in U.S. News and World Report rankings.

The National Ski Areas Association says the 2021-2022 ski season was record-breaking in the total number of skier visits to resorts around the country.

The Coast Guard continues to search for a Colorado woman days after the dinghy she was on capsized after she left a Key West bar.

A Colorado judge on Friday denied motions to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by an election systems worker against former President Donald Trump's campaign, two of its lawyers and a handful of conservative media figures and outlets. District Court Judge Marie Avery Moses, in a 136-page decision, rejected various arguments to throw out the lawsuit filed by Eric Coomer, who was security director at the Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems. Coomer said he faced death threats after he was baselessly accused of trying to rig the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Joe Biden.

Fresh off the release of his highly anticipated new album, Kendrick Lamar is coming to Detroit this summer.

Returning to a backyard trail post-burn can be both a haunting and beautiful experience. Ryan Dionne explores the complex emotions tied to wildfire.

Greg Lopez is the Republican Party's top-line candidate for Colorado governor.

NOAA projects extreme heat and dryer conditions in June, July and August mostly covering Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho.

The first bids are in for the NFL's Denver Broncos. Walmart heir Rob Walton is considered a strong contender to buy the team.

The father of JonBenet Ramsey is supporting an online petition asking Colorado’s governor to intervene in the investigation into her death more than 25 years ago by putting an outside agency in charge of DNA testing.

This cliff-hugging stretch of U.S Highway 550 is dotted with scenic mountain towns filled with hiking trails, brewpubs, and hot springs

The patient is an inmate involved in the culling of poultry that was presumptively infected with H5N1 bird flu at a commercial farm. The virus, while deadly for birds, poses a low risk to humans.

The federal government says a Colorado state prison inmate is the first person to have tested positive for bird flu in the latest outbreak in the United States.

Health officials said the H5N1 flu is unlikely to spread to other people.

Health officials said the H5N1 flu is unlikely to spread to other people.

Dave Williams said he's gone by the nickname "Let's Go Brandon" since December.

Arc Thrift Stores is hiring, Rocky Mountain Eye Center gets a new CEO, and the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District board is sworn in.

Advocates in Florida, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Wisconsin share lessons learned from their states’ universal preschool programs.

Thomas Davis Cox is being held on a $1 million cash bond after being indicted on 16 counts in the cases.

The facility, which is under voluntary quarantine, currently holds 2,550 horses.

U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the rare, snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where they would be protected.

Courier Journal reporter Kirby Adams talks with Churchill Downs publicity manager Kevin Kerstein to find the answers to all your biggest Derby questions.

To advance health equity, the state is requiring insurers that offer public option plans to collect demographic data on providers, including race and sexual orientation, raising privacy concerns.

The Tigers’ series against the Rockies has been condensed into just two days and the series win is on the line on Sunday. The Tigers scored a blowout win in game one, winning 13-0, but the Rockies were able to take game two 3-2. Tyler Alexander gets the start for Detroit on Sunday, with Chad Kuhl on the hill for Colorado. Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies oddsThe Tigers are -142 favorites for this game at FanDuel Sportsbook, so you would win $1 for each $1.42 you stake on them if they are successful. Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies total over/under prediction: Over 8 (-118)It was understandable that the total for Saturday’s second game between these teams didn’t reach the heights of the first.

The Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies will play two on Saturday after Friday’s scheduled series opener was rained out. Colorado Rockies vs. Detroit Tigers oddsThe Rockies are -120 road favorites in the nightcap. That means if you bet $12 on Colorado to win straight up, you earn a profit of $10 if the wager is successful. Colorado Rockies vs. Detroit Tigers money line prediction: Rockies (-120)Following an unexpected day off on Friday, the Rockies and Tigers are set for double-header action. Colorado Rockies vs. Detroit Tigers total over/under prediction: Under 7.5 (-110)The play on this total is a riskier one and probably should be avoided until the lineups are set following the first game of the twin bill.

More than 1,600 firefighters were battling nine large fires that destroyed dozens of homes and burned more than 100 square miles. Fires also were burning in Colorado, where evacuations were ordered.

The Tigers and Rockies begin a brand new series on Friday night with the teams battling it out at Comerica Park. Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies oddsThe Tigers are solid home favorites for this game with -152 odds at FanDuel Sportsbook, while the Rockies are road underdogs at +120. Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies money line prediction: Rockies ML (+120)The Rockies are off to a much stronger start to the 2022 season than many expected. Detroit Tigers vs. Colorado Rockies total prediction: Under 8 (-110)Colorado has been hitting well this season, but doing so in Comerica Park is a lot different than doing it at Coors Field. It’s also worth noting that every game of the Tigers’ series against the Yankees produced eight or fewer runs.

A bill in the Colorado legislature would provide $91 million to expand and create programs like those at Colorado Mountain College to tailor degrees to jobs.

Demetrius Wooden, 34, was arrested in Missouri on March 21 and extradited to Colorado, where police say they suspect he committed two sexual assaults.

A judge has ruled that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, further delaying court proceedings in the case.

Boulder, Colorado is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.

Tuition-free preschool moved a step closer to reality in Colorado Thursday with a key vote in the state Senate, marking one of the last hurdles before Gov. Jared Polis signs the bill into law.

Building Roots premieres tonight at 9pm on HGTV. Stream this new home renovation series for free with a Philo subscription. HGTV’s new series, Building Roots, joins Root Design Company founders Ben and Cristi Dozier. The series follows this process as the innovative duo creates beautiful spaces for homeowners looking to pour their unique vision into a personalized housing upgrade. Where to watch:You can stream the series premiere of Building Roots for free when you register for Philo (start free trial).

Luc Lipcius scored on a single from Jared Dickey in the seventh inning of Tennessee's win against Missouri.

Freddie Freeman reached base three times and scored a run in his Dodgers debut, helping Walker Buehler and Los Angeles beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 in a season opener.

Colorado Democrats want to ban the sale of flavored nicotine products to reduce teen use, but the measure could reduce funding for free preschool for 4-year-olds statewide.

Photo by Renee LanduytTwo Colorado blue spruce pines, riddled with disease, were approved for removal by city council at a meeting Monday. They will be replaced by two 12- to 14-foot Norway spruce pines. GROSSE POINTE WOODS — As residents drive up and down Mack, they’ll notice two Colorado blue spruce pine trees gracing the

Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesA Tuesday rally by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was supposed to lend support to an embattled conspiracy theorist. But by the rally’s end, Lindell and his colleague were facing new legal peril.A linens salesman by trade, Lindell has become one of the biggest backers of election fraud hoaxes. The pro-Trump conspiracy theory has landed Lindell and his allies in legal trouble. One associate, Tina Peters—clerk for Mesa County Colorado—is facin

With 60% of the state's population already covered by wastewater testing, Colorado is aiming to be a sentinel of coming contagion — not just of COVID surges, but of other types of diseases, too.

The move is a a party-line response to efforts across the country to limit abortion access.

Free college classes are part of a multi-pronged state effort intended to mint more early childhood teachers before Colorado’s universal preschool launch.

New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps across more of the American West.

A new searchable online database shows what reading curriculum Colorado schools use and whether it has the state’s seal of approval.

If Roe v. Wade falters, Colorado will be nearly surrounded by a sea of anti-abortion states. The state is bracing for impact from out-of-state residents, while lawmakers cement abortion protections.

Boaters pulled Mary Kelley out of the water but their administration of CPR and subsequent resuscitation efforts by park rangers were unsuccessful, officials said.

Wake for Marblehead football player draws hundreds

The flames are in an area where a fire destroyed 1,000 homes last year in unincorporated Boulder County and suburban Superior and Louisville.

The flames are in an area where a fire destroyed 1,000 homes last year in unincorporated Boulder County and suburban Superior and Louisville.

Alvin Rivera was having lunch with a friend when a man thanked him for his service. Then, the complete stranger lobbed the word 'traitor' at him.

Emergency officials say 19,400 Colorado residents are being ordered to evacuate Saturday due to a fast-moving wildfire in the area of a destructive 2021 blaze.

Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,000 people Saturday near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that leveled more than 1,000 homes. The wildfire had grown to 123 acres (50 hectares) by late afternoon with no containment, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. Protected wildland was burning near the Table Mesa neighborhood and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder police said on Twitter.

American basketball star Allen Iverson is partnering with cannabis brand Viola to release a new marijuana strain bred in Detroit exclusively for Michigan.

Despite public pressure to stay out of Utah, the outdoor industry’s largest trade show will leave Denver and relocate to its former home in Salt Lake City in 2023

The events of March 26, 1997, won’t soon fade from the minds of Detroit Red Wings fans. Draper sustained numerous facial injuries and the Red Wings, after winning an NHL-record 62 games, were eliminated following a 4-1 loss. The Red Wings surely regretted not retaliating against him during that series. The big defenseman Krupp joined the Red Wings 16 months later in what would be one of their worst free-agent signings. The Red Wings three months earlier signed Joe Kocur as a free agent, realizing they needed more toughness.

Considered an alternative to cremation and burial, the environmentally friendly practice is legal in Washington, Colorado and Oregon with more states expected to follow suit in the near future.

To celebrate, Colorado-based Camp Bow Wow, which has 200 locations in 42 states and Canada, released its list of the Top 10 dog names for 2022. The ranking is based on pet care company’s database of nearly 400,000 campers across North America. Instead, dog owners have been getting more creative, leaning into classic but clever names that best fit their pup. Camp Bow Wow has had an estimated 40 million dog visits since opening the first camp in 2000, and it has seen trends change over the years. According to Camp Bow Wow’s Animal Health and Behavioral Expert Erin Askeland, a dog’s name can have a significant effect on their life.

One controversial provision would ban anyone overseeing elections from knowingly or recklessly making false statements about the process. That's raised First Amendment concerns.

A grand jury in Colorado has indicted a county election clerk who sowed doubt about the 2020 presidential election.

Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S. forestlands is a central piece of the Biden administration’s $50 billion plan to protect against deadly firestorms that have been exploding across western states.

Detroit Pistons rookie sensation Cade Cunningham is joining George Crocket Academy students for their first-ever fully funded Scholastic Book Fair.

Some homeowners recovering from a devastating wildfire near Denver late last year say they could have to pay much more to rebuild because of environmentally sustainable construction standards passed shortly before the blaze.

Colorado knocked off No. 2 Arizona 79-63, matching the highest-ranked opponent ever beaten by the Buffaloes.

Election officials preparing for this year’s midterms have yet another security concern to add to an already long list – threats from within.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples.

A prosecutor says criminal charges will proably be dropped against a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a large 2018 Colorado wildfire.

A local Colorado election official under investigation for alleged security breaches has announced she will run for Secretary of State, which is the post that oversees the state's elections.

The city of Colorado Springs has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a 19-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in the back by police officers in 2019.

Louie Vito talks traveling Italian-style, being the old guys with Shaun White, and why his Opening Ceremony experiences are just as meaningful 12 years apart.

Alex Galchenyuk was the only scorer in the shootout and the Arizona Coyotes rallied to beat Colorado 3-2, snapping the Avalanche’s 18-game home winning streak.

Classes have resumed at the University of California, Los Angeles after a former lecturer was arrested on suspicion of threatening violence against the school in online videos and an 800-page document sent via email.

A former University of California, Los Angeles lecturer who was arrested Tuesday after police say he emailed an 800-page document and posted videos threatening violence against the school had previously sent messages saying he would “hunt” and kill a professor.

Authorities investigating the cause of a wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings last month in Colorado are looking at the possibility that the blaze is linked to underground coal fires have long smoldered at old coal mines in the area.

Chloe Kim's schedule for the 2022 Winter Olympics: when, where and how to watch or stream every event via NBC, Peacock, USA Network and NBCOlympics.com.

With decreasing snowpack due to drought and climate change, the ski industry has invested millions of dollars in more efficient snowmaking systems.

Local 4's Nick Monacelli visited with survivors of the 1999 Columbine massacre to hear their experiences and advice as Oxford students return to their high school for the first time since the Nov. 30 mass shooting.

Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste.

Meet the 32 freestyle skiers who will represent Team USA at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

This interactive map tracks active wildfires across the U.S. Updated continuously.

In Colorado and other states hit by natural disasters this year, the pandemic has injected extra uncertainty and created more obstacles for families trying to rebuild.

Colorado authorities say last week’s wildfire caused $513 million in damage and destroyed 1,084 homes and structures.

Experts say the winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado’s front range was rare.

This Christmas Eve, Jolly Old St. Nicholas is once again delivering gifts to children around the world in record time. Here's how to track his whereabouts.

A young man from Farmington is making waves in the world of snowboarding as one of the fastest rising stars in the industry.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is changing its rescheduling policy to avoid assigning forfeits for teams unable to play due to COVID-19 protocols.

U.S. moguls skier Kai Owens was abandoned at a town square in a province of China as an infant.

A powerful storm system is blowing through the Great Plains and Midwest, combining with unusually warm temperatures to close highways and prompt numerous tornado warnings.

Tennessee is back in the top 10 of the women’s AP Top 25 for the first time in nearly three years.

Colorado’s health department says emergency workers should not use a condition involving erratic behavior as a reason to inject people with the drug ketamine.

California is among three states now allowing coronavirus booster shots for all adults.

This year’s MLB free agent period is still in its infancy, but the Detroit Tigers have already been linked to four starting pitchers and six shortstops through various reports.

U.S. government attorneys are set to appear before a federal judge to defend a decision from the waning days of the Trump administration that lifted protections for gray wolves across most of the country.

Bell’s Brewery, one of the biggest craft beer makers in the Midwest and based in Kalamazoo, has been acquired by New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado.

State and local election officials are hoping for a smooth election on Tuesday to demonstrate that voting is secure and tallies are accurate.

A Colorado day care owner convicted of keeping 26 children hidden in the basement of her business in 2019 has received a six-year prison sentence.

What's happened in freestyle skiing since the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

Officials say meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of chemicals used to process animal hides at one of the company’s meat processing facilities in northern Colorado.