Criminal justice reform advocate Elisabeth Epps hauled in nearly $1,000 an hour in the first day after the Denver Democrat made her candidacy in House District 6 official, her campaign said Friday.
Dec. 14 marks nine years since Jane Dougherty told her sister hello and goodbye, but for a disturbed young man's access to guns in Newtown, Connecticut, a New England village that was decked out for a Christmas, that was emotionally obliterating.
The default speed limit on Denver’s unposted streets may soon be lowered after the City Council safety committee advanced the change Wednesday.
Race permeates political discussions these days, and this week the Denver City Council offered the debate in the flavors of cotton candy, lemon, gummy bear or menthol.
For the past decade, Colorado political leaders have tried to squeeze more money out of the state budget and into fixing overcrowded and poorly maintained interstates and highways. Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday it won't take another decade to accomplish that goal.
The Denver City Council is considering a proposal to expand the East Seventh Avenue Historic District to include 19 properties within the Congress Park neighborhood.
More than 20% of Colorado's 5- to 11-year-olds have been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, the state announced this week.
For the first time, one of Denver’s managed homeless campsites will be run on city property after the City Council approved a license agreement for the camp Monday.
An Arapahoe County judge has permanently blocked Aurora from enforcing against a 2021 council candidate the city charter's prohibition on people holding elected office if they have ever received a felony conviction.
The proposed ban against the sale of flavored tobacco products in Denver was advanced by the City Council on Monday, with a new year-delayed 2023 implementation date.
Sunday’s mass shooting that left five people wounded in Aurora has been connected to a nearby party, according to the Aurora Police Department. No arrests have been made as of Monday evening.
Bradley Wood doesn't have children of his own, but he has a special place in his heart for each of the roughly 75 families that pass through the Central Visitation Program in Denver metro area each week.
The Aurora community is reeling after five people were shot Sunday in the city’s latest act of mass gun violence.
A federal judge in Denver on Monday afternoon ordered lawyers who filed a sprawling lawsuit to raise doubt about the 2020 presidential election to pay the attorneys' fees for those they accused.
Aurora police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a second suspect in connection with the drive-by shooting of six teenagers near Aurora Central High School on Nov. 15.
Most Denver offices, facilities and agencies will close Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving Day, the city announced.
Despite the polarization and acrimony of politics, the holiday season brings Coloradans together to recognize the good, the shared wishes and the bright hopes of a new year.
The City Council governance committee advanced a change to Denver’s retirement plan Tuesday despite opposition from Denver Health, the contractual entity that would be affected by the change.
A teenager is in custody in connection with a shooting that left six Aurora Central High School students injured.
By Wednesday, most of the Denver metro area will be required to wear masks in public indoor settings. All of the orders came in a flurry Monday evening and Tuesday morning, as health officials in the area have sounded increasingly urgent alarms about hospital capacity here.
The mayor of Aurora and five current or soon-to-be members of its council have asked the city manager not to enforce an indoor mask mandate instituted by Tri-County Health because the agency doesn't have authority over the entire city.
The Denver City Council made a proclamation Monday honoring the legacy of Bruce Randolph, a local philanthropist responsible for feeding thousands of Denver’s needy every year on Thanksgiving.
Denver is seeking to block testimony from the city’s former top law enforcement watchdog and memos he prepared in an ongoing lawsuit over policing of the city’s racial justice protests last summer.
Most Denver residents will be required to wear masks beginning Wednesday, city leaders announced Tuesday morning, less than a day after three other counties in the metro instituted a similar requirement.
Aurora's City Council on Monday night approved a consent decree between the city and the attorney general's office for systemic changes to the police and fire department's policies and training. The vote came a few months after a report found patterns of bias, excessive force and failures to document police stops in the police's ranks.
The president of one of two Aurora police unions is on paid administrative leave after several Aurora police officers complained to the city’s Human Resources Department about a racist email he wrote last week.
Aurora and Denver are partnering to host a gun buyback program next year in response to recent youth shootings in the metro area.
Though it now has a possible new home, Colorado's controversial Union Soldier statue will stay where it is in the lobby of History Colorado while Colorado officials do one more run-through to check the pulse of interested parties to make sure this is the right decision.
The immediate challenge facing the eight — and counting — hopefuls in the Republican primary for U.S. senator isn’t the incumbent. It’s anonymity.
Several hours after 350 janitors walked off the job at Denver International Airport, their union has reached an agreement with the airport's contractor and officially ended the strike, labor and DIA officials confirmed Saturday afternoon.
Elijah McClain’s parents have yet to decide how much each one of them will receive of the $15 million dollar settlement they got from the city of Aurora in response to a federal lawsuit in his tragic death. Friday, the city of Aurora provided new information on how the money will be paid.
Two people were shot Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Hinkley High School in Aurora.
A hearing is set Friday morning to address lingering disputes in the Elijah McClain case in what is likely to be one of the largest police-related settlements in Colorado's history.
The Court of Appeals has denied a new trial to a man convicted in Jefferson County, even though the victim came forward after the verdict to admit his testimony could have been wrong and the defendant may have been innocent.
The ban will now be sent to the full council.
When gunmen opened fire at Nome Park near Aurora Central High School during lunchtime Monday, students ran for campus.
The Court of Appeals has rejected Denver Public Schools' request to toss an injured parent's lawsuit because she neglected to state how much money she was seeking.
The Denver City Council business committee approved the issuance of $700 million in bonds to the Denver International Airport Wednesday, intended to fund capital improvements at the airport.
The Denver school board member is suing Black Lives Matter 5280 and others for $1 million for their roles in publishing the allegations.
If approved by the full council, the rezone would allow the land to be developed as housing or retail.
Three of the victims had been released from the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon.
The agreement will now go to the full council.
Attorneys for Denver asked a panel of federal appeals judges on Tuesday to release the city from court-ordered restrictions on how it cleans up homeless encampments that pose a health and safety risk, while the homeless plaintiffs countered that the restrictions were crucial to protect the worldly possessions of those being evicted.
A report found that the city has patterns of violating residents’ rights.
Denver is set to expand its Careers in Construction program beginning next year, providing training and recourses for high school students looking to go into construction.
Rachel Marion is the new CEO of the Denver Metro Commercial Association of Realtors, the trade group announced Tuesday morning.
The first woman elected to the Denver City Council was immortalized Monday with the naming of the council chamber in the Denver City and County Building as “The Cathy Reynolds Chamber.”
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and two state lawmakers representing Aurora reacted to Thursday afternoon's shooting at Nome Park near Aurora Central High School that wounded six teenagers.
Police said the suspects were no longer on the scene when officers arrived.