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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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DHS appeals Lima-Marin’s release from immigration lockup
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has appealed the immigration court decision that would have freed Rene Lima-Marin, the man mistakenly released early from a prison sentence who rebuilt his...

Across the battle lines: How Rocky Mountain News reporters regarded the angst — and comedy — of competition with The Denver Post
Although the intra-city rivalry between The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News raged for more than a century, the stakes were ratcheted up a notch after 1980, when the...

Snow kidding: In the 125-year history of the Denver Post, the paper failed to publish only once
It took a monumental act of nature to keep The Denver Post from rolling off the presses, and it happened only once in 125 years -- Christmas Day of 1982,...

From hard copy to internet, changes at The Denver Post over 125 years point to one thing — more change ahead
From its beginnings 125 years ago as a daily paper that aspired to perform as “a vaudeville show” to a new generation that employs mouse clicks, The Denver Post has...

Friday the 13th + October = a rare, Halloween-adjacent date for fear, foreboding and fun
Whether it conjures visions of the famous movie franchise, historic connections to the Knights Templar or just plain superstition, Friday the 13th offers a chance to suspend disbelief and approach...

Rene Lima-Marin wins deportation case, could go free
The crime and rehabilitation story of Rene Lima-Marin, derailed for nearly five months as authorities sought to deport him to his native Cuba, took one more twist when an immigration...

Colorado dog, believed dead, rescued weeks later on mountain
Larry Osborne and Anouk Patel searched for four weeks but had given their dog, Chloe, up for dead. Then a couple heard barking on Mount Bross and made a dramatic...

Anti-vaccine voices contending link to autism growing louder on Twitter, five-year CU study shows
An online chorus voicing anti-vaccine views with regard to autism has gained momentum via Twitter, a five-year University of Colorado Boulder study shows, with most of the negative comments coming...

Colorado Divide: Family, fortitude and faith inspire farming renaissance
For most who have grown up potential heirs to agriculture in the Lower Arkansas Valley, the prospects of farming are reflected in the declining number of farm operators in the...

Rene Lima-Marin, pardoned by governor but threatened with deportation, wins reopening of immigration case
Rene Lima-Marin, threatened with deportation to his native Cuba after his unusual rehabilitation story appeared to have ended with a governor's pardon, has won his motion to re-open his immigration...