List of newspapers in Colorado
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This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. State of Colorado. According to the Library of Congress, over 2,500 newspapers have been published in Colorado. The first Colorado newspaper was the Rocky Mountain News published in Denver from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published in Colorado)
Larger newspapers (listed by total average paid daily circulation as of 30 September 2012 as compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations):
The Denver Post (412,669) — Denver
The Gazette (64,394) — Colorado Springs
Daily Camera (40,483) — Boulder
The Pueblo Chieftain (35,793) — Pueblo
The Daily Sentinel (23,602) — Grand Junction
Daily Times-Call (20,820) — Longmont
The Coloradoan (19,530) — Fort Collins
Reporter-Herald (19,024) — Loveland
The Durango Herald (7,710) — Durango
Cañon City Daily Record (5,271) — Cañon City
Smaller newspapers
Akron News-Reporter — Akron (weekly)
Arvada Press — Arvada (weekly)
Aspen Daily News — Aspen
The Aspen Times - Aspen
Aurora Sentinel — Aurora
Bent County Democrat — Las Animas
Berthoud Weekly Surveyor — Berthoud
BizWest — Boulder
Boulder Weekly — Boulder (weekly) 1993 - July 2025 summer hiatus
Brighton Standard Blade — Brighton
Broomfield Enterprise — Broomfield (semi-weekly)
Brush News-Tribune — Brush (weekly)
Burlington Record — Burlington (weekly)
Canyon Courier — Conifer (weekly)
The Castle Pines Connection — Castle Pines (monthly)
Castle Pines News Press — Castle Pines (weekly)
Castle Rock News Press — Castle Rock (weekly)
Centennial Citizen — Centennial (weekly)
Center Post Dispatch — Center
The Chaffee County Times — Buena Vista
Trinidad Chronicle-News — Trinidad
Clear Creek Courant — Idaho Springs (weekly)
Colorado Daily — Boulder
Colorado Springs Independent — Colorado Springs (weekly)
Colorado Sun — Colorado (on-line)
Commerce City Sentinel Express — Commerce City
The Craig Press — Craig
The Crested Butte News — Crested Butte
The Crystal Valley Echo — Marble, Colorado
Delta County Independent — Delta
Denver Business Journal — Denver
Denver Herald Dispatch — Denver (weekly)
The Denver North Star — Denver
Douglas County News-Press — Castle Rock
Dove Creek Press — Dove Creek, Dolores County
The Durango Telegraph — Durango
Eagle Valley Enterprise — Eagle
Elbert County News — Elizabeth (weekly)
Englewood Herald — Englewood (weekly)
Estes Park Trail-Gazette — Estes Park (weekly)
Fort Lupton Press — Fort Lupton
Fort Morgan Times — Fort Morgan
The Fowler Tribune — Fowler
Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle — Denver, Glendale
Golden Transcript — Golden (weekly)
Gorizont — Denver (Russian)
The Greeley Tribune — Greeley
Gunnison Country Times — Gunnison
Haxtun-Fleming Herald — Haxtun
The Herald Democrat — Leadville
High Country News — Paonia (semi-monthly)
Highlands Ranch Herald — Highlands Ranch (weekly)
Intermountain Jewish News — Denver (weekly)
Jeffco Transcript — Lakewood (weekly)
The Johnstown Breeze — Johnstown
The Journal — Cortez, Dolores, and Mancos
Journal-Advocate — Sterling
Julesburg Advocate — Julesburg (weekly)
Kiowa County Press — Eads
La Junta Tribune Democrat — La Junta
La Prensa de Colorado — Denver (Spanish)
La Voz Bilingüe — Denver (Bilingual weekly)
Lamar Ledger — Lamar (weekly)
Law Week Colorado — Denver (weekly)
Left Hand Valley Courier — Niwot, Colorado (weekly)
Life on Capitol Hill — Capitol Hill, Denver (monthly)
Littleton Independent — Littleton (weekly)
Lone Tree Voice — Lone Tree (weekly)
The Lyons Recorder — Lyons
Monte Vista Journal — Monte Vista
Montrose Press — Montrose
The Mountain Ear — Nederland
The Mountain Jackpot — Woodland Park (weekly)
The Mountain Mail — Salida
Mountain Standard Times — Fort Collins
North Denver Tribune — Denver
North Forty News — Wellington
The North Weld Herald — Eaton
Northglenn/Thornton Sentinel — Thornton (weekly)
Ouray County Plaindealer — Ouray (weekly)
Our Community News - El Paso County (monthly)
Out Front Colorado — Denver (bi-weekly)
The Pagosa Springs Sun — Pagosa Springs
Parker Chronicle — Parker (weekly)
The Pikes Peak Courier — Teller County
The Pikes Peak Bulletin - Manitou Springs, Cascade and Green Mountain Falls
Pine River Times — Bayfield
Post Independent Citizen Telegram — Glenwood Springs and Rifle
Redstone Review - Lyons, Colorado (Monthly)
Rio Blanco Herald Times — Meeker Rangely
Saguache Crescent — Saguache
Silverton Standard & The Miner — Silverton
Sky-Hi News — Granby
Snowmass Sun — Snowmass
The Sopris Sun — Carbondale
Steamboat Pilot & Today — Steamboat Springs
Summit Daily News — Frisco
Telluride Daily Planet — Telluride
The Telluride Watch — Telluride
The Tribune — Monument, Woodmore, and Gleneagle
Vail Daily — Vail
Valley Courier — Alamosa
The Villager — Greenwood Village
Washington Park Profile — Washington Park, Denver (monthly)
Westminster Window — Westminster (weekly)
The Westside Pioneer — Colorado Springs
Westword — Denver (weekly)
Wet Mountain Tribune — Westcliffe
Windsor Now — Windsor
World Journal — Walsenburg
University Newspapers
The Catalyst — Colorado College (Colorado Springs)
CougMedia — Colorado Christian University (Lakewood)
The Criteron — Colorado Mesa University (Grand Junction)
CU Independent — University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder)
The Denver Clarion — University of Denver (Denver)
The Highlander — Regis University (Denver)
The Independent — Fort Lewis College (Durango)
The Metropolitan — Metropolitan State University of Denver (Denver)
The Oredigger — Colorado School of Mines (Golden)
The Paw Print — Adams State University (Alamosa)
Rocky Mountain Collegian — Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
The Scribe — University of Colorado Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs)
The Sentry — University of Colorado Denver (Denver)
The Today — Colorado State University Pueblo (Pueblo)
Top o' the World — Western Colorado University (Gunnison)
The Mirror — University of Northern Colorado (Greeley)
Defunct newspapers
The Advocate — Denver
Animas Forks Pioneer — Animas Forks (1882–1886)
The Aspen Wall Poster — Denver
Boulder County Business Report — Boulder
Boulder Planet (weekly; July 10, 1996 - February 16, 2000) - Boulder
Brighton Banner — Brighton
The Campus Press — University of Colorado at Boulder
Cañon Cafe — Cañon City
Cherry Creek Pioneer — Denver (1859)
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Mountaineer Established 1875
Colorado Springs Sun
The Colorado Statesman — Denver
Conejos County Citizen — Conejos County (ceased in 2024)
La Cucaracha (newspaper) — Pueblo
Denver Daily News
Denver Democrat — Denver
The Denver Times (1872-1926)
El Paso County Advertiser and Fountain Valley News — Fountain
Erie Echo (weekly; Dec. 1977-1980)
Fort Collins Now
Grand Junction Free Press — Grand Junction
Lafayette News — Lafayette
Leadville Chronicle — Leadville
Local Yeti — Denver (daily)
Louisville Times — Louisville
The Meadowlark Herald — Elizabeth
Mile High News — Golden
Moffat County News — Craig
Mountain Valley News — Cedaredge
Northern Colorado Business Report — Fort Collins
The Pagosa Free Press — Pagosa Springs
Press - Pueblo (democratic evening paper, end of 19th century)
The Rico Bugle — Rico
Rocky Mountain News — Denver
Rolling Stock — Boulder
Sangre de Cristo Sentinel — Westcliffe (weekly)
Superior Observer — Superior
The Trinidad Times Independent — Trinidad
The UNC Connection — Greeley
The Vail Trail — Vail
See also
List of African-American newspapers in Colorado
References
External links
Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Colorado", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) "a service of the Colorado State Library...
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