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Holiday cheer in this old mining town is being muted by frustration over a stalled bridge project that is choking off the traffic and commerce that usually pour in this month. .
One finalist for Aurora police chief was suspended for 30 days after being pulled over for suspicion of drunken driving, another was told to take a demotion or quit, and a third scored poorly on a survey of cops in a department with low morale. .
Seven Chinese nationals, all women believed to be victims of human sex trafficking, were discovered during undercover .
A man arrested in an Adams County triple homicide that happened on Wednesday is due in court Friday morning while another man authorities say is connected with the slayings remains at large. .
Organizers of a protest on Friday afternoon say they expect students from “at least a dozen” high schools in Denver to continuing roughly two weeks of activism. Meanwhile, the Denver Police Protective Association saying requiring officers to leave their protective gear behind when working at ongoing demonstrations is dangerous.
An investigation into alleged animal cruelty at a Thornton pet store is ongoing, and an international animal rights group leveled further allegations Thursday at an Adams County rodent farm. .
Nine thousand jury summonses for the Aurora movie theater murder trial hit the mail Thursday, the .
Findings from a Denver Public Schools analysis reinforce the value of early childhood education but also show that for students who end up among the lowest performing in the district, .
Colorado’s congressional delegation sent a letter Thursday to warring factions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Kiewit-Turner, the contractor hired by the VA to build a new hospital in Aurora, asking them .
To afford a median-priced rental in metro Denver, earners need to make $35 an hour, or almost 4½ times Colorado’s minimum wage, .
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or twitter.com/JesseAPaul
