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These plates were among Colorado’s most popular specialty license plates in 2023
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Colorado’s retro retired black license plate crushed it in 2023 with nearly 170,000 sold in its initial year, far outpacing the retro red, blue and green mountain license plates, which collectively recorded nearly 19,500 in sales.
All that love for the black plates, which are based on the state’s 1945 license plate, resulted in $4.2 million in funding for the Colorado Disability Funding Committee, through the $25 plate fee that funds grants supporting community organizations that work to improve the quality of life and independence of Coloradans with disabilities.
The blue background plate is based on the state’s 1914 plate and the red from its 1915 plate. The retro green plate is based on the 1962-1999 plates.
Colorado has nearly 6.2 million actively registered license plates on the road and offers 218 license plate designs, according to the Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles.
This year, four new specialty plates will be available: Born to be Wild, “In God We Trust,” Stegosaurus State Fossil and Navy Seabees Military.
The DMV recently revealed its most popular license plates of 2023.
Here is a look at the year’s other best sellers by category.
Columbine ‘Respect Life’ overwhelming most popular choice for specialty license plate
Here are the top 10 most popular specialty design plates in 2023 sales:
1. Columbine: 75,692
2. Wildlife Sporting: 35,297
3. Pioneer: 30,963
4. Ski Country USA: 28,934
5. Adopt A Shelter Pet: 26,447
6. Breast Cancer Awareness (modified): 25,962
7. Firefighter: 19,681
8. Broncos Charities: 16,302
9. 150th Anniversary Under 13: 13,696
10. Rocky Mountain National Park: 13,299
And the winner of the most popular college alumni category is …
Alumni license plates representing 14 colleges/universities in the state totaled 29,699 plates. Here are the top five:
- Colorado: 12,557
- CSU: 5,657
- Colorado School of Mines: 2,798
- Northern Colorado: 1,300
- University of Denver: 1,272
Military specialty plates offer the widest selection of any category
There are 83 different military specialty license plate designs with 164,116 plates sold in 2023. Here are the top five most popular:
- Disabled Veteran: 61,584
- Honorably Discharge Veteran: 30,468
- U.S. Marine Corp: 15,047
- U.S. Army: 9,223
- U.S. Air Force: 7,972
Here are Colorado’s favorite sports teams specialty plates
- Avalanche: 5,161
- Rockies: 2,904
- Nuggest: 1,487
Note: Broncos team doesn’t have a specialty plate but Broncos Charities does.
Coloradans can also pay extra for personalized plates, though each year those deemed too naughty get tossed out.
For more information about Colorado’s specialty plates as well as purchasing plates, visit https://dmv.colorado.gov/license-plates.
Colorado
Suddenly hazy skies in Denver prompt some residents concerned about wildfire smoke to call 911
Some people who live in the Denver metro area on Thursday afternoon were making calls to 911 after skies became noticeably hazy and winds kicked up. It was due to smoke from wildfires in Nebraska moving into Colorado. A cold front also was moving through the Front Range, and there is dust in the air.
The poor air conditions led to reduced visibility downtown after 3 p.m. Several of CBS Colorado’s City Cams showed dust or smoke in the air.
Temperatures were expected to drop by as much as 20 to 30 degrees with the cold front.
The suddenly dusty skies prompted at least one fire agency to put out a plea to residents to please only call 911 “if you see flames.” That warning was put out by South Metro Fire Rescue, which shared a photo on X of an office building with haze visible outside.
South Metro Fire Rescue said in their post that the smoke is from Colorado’s neighbor to the east. They called it a “significant haze” in the air.
Earlier this month, the Morrill Fire and the Cottonwood Fire burned a significant amount of Nebraska grassland and ranchland. They have mostly been contained by firefighters. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said those two fires combined with several others have burned approximately 800,000 acres of land. On Thursday, Pillen announced that he is signing several executive actions intended to ease the burden caused by the fires.
There were no wildfires burning in the Denver metro area on Thursday afternoon.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) – A homicide suspect based out of Colorado, wanted in a fentanyl-related death, is back in the state after being captured in Colombia.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) said 33-year-old Max Arsenault had been on the run since January 17.
Deputies said this stemmed from an incident in May 2023, where deputies responded to a call for a man named Nicholas Dorotik, who was found unresponsive.
ACSO said the cause of death was a mixed drug overdose involving meth and fentanyl, having about three times the lethal amount of fentanyl in his system.
One year later, Arsenault was arrested. He was scheduled for trial in January 2026 when deputies said he fled the country while on bond three days before the trial was set to start.
He was caught in Medellin, Colombia, on March 4, following a two-month international investigation. He has since been extradited back to Denver, where he is facing charges and awaiting trial.
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