Colorado National Guard

A record number of “helicopter hoists” have been performed this year to rescue people stranded on high mountain peaks. Many of them have been from peaks at 14,000 feet of elevation or higher. The hoists require dangerous maneuvering of helicopters near rocky cliffs.

State and local agencies carried out targeted aerial training near Lyons last week to improve communication and tactics for fighting upcoming wildfires.

The Army has reversed a reprimand a Colorado National Guard officer received after attending a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.

When demonstrators assembled on a narrow street near the Capitol building in Denver to protest the death of George Floyd last spring, Alan Kennedy joined them. He came as a “white ally,” capturing a police crackdown on his phone and then writing about what he witnessed in a guest commentary in a local newspaper. As a captain in the Colorado National Guard, he wasn’t a typical protester. His actions got him in trouble with his commanders. After months of trying to overturn reprimands, Kennedy in March filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming commanders violated his First Amendment rights.

Two members of the Colorado National Guard are at the center of the state’s efforts to trace how a more-contagious variant of COVID-19, first encountered in the United Kingdom, is spreading in the United States. One of the members, a man in his 20s, was confirmed on Tuesday as the first case of the variant in the country.

The Colorado Air National Guard will fly aircraft over cities and towns in the state Wednesday to salute those "who have been fighting on the front lines…

About 85,000 people remained without power Thursday morning in Colorado, mostly in the Denver area.Xcel Energy says it is making progress to restore power…