Locking gas caps were invented during the Great Depression as a preventive measure against scurrilous thieves who would siphon gasoline from unsuspecting car owners - and that was when gas was only 18 cents a gallon.

Romney, in turn, is looking to continue his winning streak after back-to-back victories in Florida and Nevada last week.

Golden Minerals Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Warren Rehn to the position of Vice President of Exploration.

Jerry Healey and Ann Macari Healey, who owned the Littleton Independent, Highlands Ranch Herald and Englewood Herald for most of the 1990s, have repurchased the weeklies and bought nine other Colorado newspapers from Houston-based ASP Westward.

Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Colorado Energy Summit in Golden, Colo., Monday, Feb.

Reporting from Golden, Colo. - On the eve of Republican presidential nomination contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, Rick Santorum tore into the Obama administration Monday over new rules that will force many religious employers to provide contraception to their workers.

GOLDEN, Colo. -- Newt Gingrich slammed the White House Monday, comparing the escalating diplomatic tensions between the US and Egypt to the Iran hostage crisis of 1979.

A tamer, less combative Newt Gingrich showed up in Golden, Colo., on Monday, pulling most of his punches against Mitt Romney and arguing he is best suited to bring "big changes" to Washington.

As we celebrate his legacy, we remember the hope and optimism he had for America.

The Gingrich campaign said it is holding a 10:30 rally in Golden at the Marriott Denver West, 1717 Denver West Blvd.

A 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

A surveillance photo from a First Bank robbery in Boulder. The photo has been altered to show what the suspect might look like clean shaven.

The earthquake happened at 9:54 p.m. about 3.2 miles underground near McHenry, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

Denver's weather can be said to be like the proverbial box of chocolate: you never know what you are going to get.

It serves in residential, commercial, and utility-scale solar markets. The company is in the business of leveraging technology that is focused on flexible thin-film photovoltaic technologies and has strategic partnerships with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Air Force prosecutors are expected to outline their case Thursday against a cadet accused of sexually assaulting another cadet in November.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. &#8212 Packaging supplier Ball Corp. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 16 percent as costs rose faster than revenue.

Falls Church-based Hitt Contracting Inc. has opened a new office in Golden, Colo.

Falls Church-based HITT Contracting has opened a new office in Golden, Colo. - part of the firm's aim of growing its reach.

The U.S. Dept. of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., reached a milestone earlier in mid-January with topping out of the $135-million Energy Systems Integration Facility .