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Jesse Paul
Jesse Paul is a former Denver Post reporter. He left in 2018.
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Skeletal remains found on Uncompahgre Plateau identified as Nucla man missing since March 2014
Skeletal remains found in October by hunters on the Uncompahgre Plateau have been identified as a Nucla man who went missing in March 2014.

Aurora man convicted of child abuse in 2015 death of his 17-month-old son
A 29-year-old man was convicted Friday of child abuse in the 2015 death of his 17-month-old son, prosecutors say.

Denver police motorcycle officer on speed patrol near Pepsi Center injured in collision with a car
A Denver Police Department motorcycle officer has been involved in a crash with a vehicle downtown on Friday afternoon.

Man, woman wanted in connection with fatal south Texas shooting are arrested in Aurora
A man and woman wanted in connection with a fatal south Texas shooting earlier this week have been arrested in Aurora.

Mesa County special needs teacher accused of felony, child abuse following Redlands Middle School incident
A felony summons has been issued for a Mesa County teacher after investigators say there was a child abuse incident at Redlands Middle School in January.

A fishing cat was just born at the Denver Zoo. And Miso-Chi is the most adorable thing we’ve seen this week.
Denver Zoo, a factory as of late for insanely cute baby animal photos, has announced its first-ever successful birth of a rare fishing cat.

Student pilot was learning to recover from aerodynamic spins when plane crashed into Larimer County reservoir, killing 2
A student pilot was learning to enter and recover from aerodynamic spins when a plane carrying him and a flight instructor plummeted into a Larimer County reservoir near Berthoud last...

Buckley Air Force Base identifies airman who died in Eldora snowboard crash
Buckley Air Force Base on Friday identified the 24-year-old airman -- a highly regarded intelligence analyst -- who died Tuesday after snowboarding into a tree at Eldora Mountain Resort.

Double-fatal, head-on crash near Byers ignites small grass fire, leaves mangled heap of wreckage
Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash Friday morning east of Denver, near the town of Byers, ignited a small grassfire.

Coroner identifies 34-year-old DUI suspect who died while being booked into Pueblo jail
Paulino Cornejo, of Colorado Springs, "suffered a medical emergency" and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, according to Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and the county sheriff's office.