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Denver is adding e-bikes to city streets faster than it is building infrastructure for them
The exploding popularity of e-bikes raises a question: Is Denver building the right kind of infrastructure to serve a varied group of bike lane users moving at different speeds? Bike...
Denver wants to fight fentanyl overdoses with a supervised drug use site, but the project is still stalled 4 years in
In November 2018, the city council put Denver in a position to be on the leading edge of an alternative approach to addressing illicit drug use. Four years later, the...
In Denver’s brutal housing market, hitting the voucher lottery might not be enough
Denver's tight housing market has increased competition for places that should be within the reach of someone with a Section 8 voucher in hand.
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Denver Civil Service Commission fires director on day she alleges mayoral pressure on police recruit qualifications
The Denver Civil Service Commission announced the firing of the agency's executive director on Tuesday night, hours after she had accused Mayor Mike Johnston and city leadership of interfering in...
Denver’s Urban Peak is nearly ready to open larger youth homeless shelter, despite $2 million setback
The mission of Urban Peak's new 60,000-square-foot, 136-bed shelter for homeless youth in south Denver is evident in its layout. Two floors feature dormitory-style transitional housing divided into six "neighborhoods"...
Lakewood police seeking helping locating missing 69-year-old man last seen on Friday morning
Alton Fox is described as a Black man with black hair and brown eyes, according to a bulletin released by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. He used a wheelchair and...
Corpse flower named Cosmo is expected to bloom — and stink — on CSU campus Sunday
Colorado State University's corpse flower is expected to bloom and reach the peak of repulsive glory sometime early on Sunday morning, CSU officials say.
Suspect in Aurora fatal shooting fell out of moving car before arrest, police say
The suspect was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries sustained during that fall but is now in custody, according to APD.
Denver weather: Chance of thunderstorms today only wrinkle in sunny Memorial Day weekend forecast
The National Weather Service is projecting highs in the mid-70s both today and Sunday in Denver. On the Memorial Day holiday Monday temps could crack 80 degrees.
Denver to distribute 17,000 more green bins this summer as compost program slowly moves forward
Roughly 30,000 households that paid for compost before that service was made free to residents have bins, according to DOTI officials. That leaves about 135,000 residents still waiting.
Denver buying gym-turned-migrant shelter in Athmar Park neighborhood for $4 million
The roughly 10,000-square-foot building has room for 120 people for either daytime or nighttime sheltering, city officials say.
Denver offers bonuses to some teens, young adults who work summer jobs in an effort to reduce youth violence
The city of Denver announced Monday that it would pay $1,000 bonuses to qualifying young people who log at least 100 hours at a job this summer as part of...
Denver’s airport turned off filter status lights at all water bottle filling stations. Here’s why — and what’s changing.
DIA officials confirmed what some hawk-eyed H2O fans had already noticed -- the filter status indicators on more than 100 water bottle-filling stations across airport don't work.