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Katie Langford

Katie Langford covers breaking news for The Denver Post. Before joining the Post in 2023, she wrote about education, local government and the arts at the Ouray County Plaindealer, Boulder Daily Camera and Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. A lifelong Coloradan, Katie grew up in Grand Junction and studied journalism at the University of Northern Colorado. When she’s not in the newsroom, Katie enjoys cooking, reading, traveling, being outdoors and soaking up everything Colorado has to offer.

Storm clouds gather above the iconic tents of Denver International Airport from the incoming snow storm at Denver International Airport in Denver on March 13, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

DIA ground stop for severe thunderstorms delays hundreds of flights

August 2, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

Hundreds of Denver International Airport flights were delayed or canceled Saturday after severe thunderstorms grounded all airplanes for over an hour.

Stormy weather develops northeast of metro Denver, seen from Watkins along Interstate 70 on May 10, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Colorado weather: Severe thunderstorm watch active for Front Range, Eastern Plains

August 2, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

Severe thunderstorms moving across Colorado's Front Range and Eastern Plains could bring damaging hail, winds up to 75 mph and frequent lightning Saturday afternoon and evening.

LAKE GEORGE - A man paddles the shallows of Eleven Mile Reservoir in this file photo from April 28, 2014.
(Photo By Scott Willoughby / The Denver Post)

Paddleboarder, dog found dead after storm on Eleven Mile reservoir

August 2, 2025 at 12:23 p.m.

The body of a paddleboarder and dog were recovered from the reservoir at Eleven Mile State Park after a strong wind storm rolled through the area, Colorado Parks and Wildlife...

A file photo of an Aurora police cruiser.

Aurora teen on scooter killed in hit-and-run crash

August 2, 2025 at 12:15 p.m.

A 16-year-old Aurora boy was killed in a hit-and-run crash while riding a scooter in a bike lane late Friday night, police officials said.

3 killed, 1 injured in metro Denver hit-and-run crashes

August 2, 2025 at 12:23 p.m.

Three people were killed and one was injured in hit-and-run crashes across metro Denver late Friday night and Saturday morning, police officials said.

Aurora driver pleads guilty in fatal hit-and-run that killed man, dog

August 2, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

"Why did he have to wait?" Aurora resident Luz Buitrago said of Michael Graham-Hyde's decision to flee after fatally crashing into her husband.

A tumbleweed hangs in a barbed-wire fence on East Quincy Avenue in Arapahoe County after a thunderstorm blew through the metro area Thursday. About 6 p.m., a severe storm over Limon delivered softball-size hail and wind gusts of 55 mph; the town was under at least two separate tornado warnings. Officials at Denver International Airport issued a lightning warning early in the afternoon, and east-central Colorado was under a tornado watch until 11 p.m. Thursday. More thunderstorms are possible this afternoon.

Colorado weather: Tornado watch for northern I-25 corridor, Eastern Plains

August 1, 2025 at 9:05 p.m.

A tornado watch is in place for Colorado’s northern I-25 corridor and Eastern Plains until late Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Man dies in custody at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center

August 1, 2025 at 5:16 p.m.

A man died while in custody at the Downtown Detention Center on Friday morning after he was found unresponsive in a housing unit, Denver Sheriff Department officials said.

Former Westminster school admin pleads guilty to attempted child sex assault, abuse

August 1, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.

A former administrator at Westminster’s Mountain Range High School pleaded guilty to two felonies on Wednesday after police say he sent explicit photos of himself to an underage student over...

Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

21-year-old arrested in shooting of 4, including 3 bystanders, near Coors Field

August 1, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

Denver police arrested a 21-year-old in connection to a shooting downtown that injured four people over the weekend.

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