General Assignment Reporter
Kevin Simpson
Kevin Simpson was a reporter at The Denver Post until 2018. He covered a wide variety of topics at The Denver Post while working as a sports writer, metro columnist and general assignment reporter with a focus on long-form pieces. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he arrived in Colorado in 1979 and spent five years covering sports at the Rocky Mountain News before moving to The Post. He shifted from sports to city desk in 1987 and spent seven years writing his metro column before focusing on long-form stories that have spanned subjects as diverse as storm chasers, bull riding and conflict in the Middle East.
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Amid applications spike, Colorado still fertile ground for Peace Corps
Amid applications spike, Colorado still fertile ground for Peace Corps

Home (again) on the range: Purebred bison return to Larimer County
Home (again) on the range: Purebred bison return to Larimer County

Denver Minister called to cure cancer aimed for last human trial — on himself
Denver Minister called to cure cancer aimed for last human trial — on himself

Early Christmas: Toys for Tots scores scarce Denver warehouse space
Early Christmas: Toys for Tots scores scarce Denver warehouse space

Discovery of skull ends family’s search into the wild for missing son
Discovery of skull ends family's search into the wild for missing son

El Niño weather phenomenon could deliver early snow to Colorado
El Niño weather phenomenon could deliver early snow to Colorado

Pope Francis’ visit to U.S. moves Coloradans to prayer, pilgrimages
Pope Francis' visit to U.S. moves Coloradans to prayer, pilgrimages

Chancellor Rebecca Chopp charts new direction for University of Denver
Chancellor Rebecca Chopp charts new direction for University of Denver

After Aurora and Denver verdicts, Colorado mulls death penalty again
After Aurora and Denver verdicts, Colorado mulls death penalty again

Teen undergoes first deep brain stimulation at Children’s Hospital Colorado
Teen undergoes first deep brain stimulation at Children's Hospital Colorado