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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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With 100 years of hindsight, World War I shaped Colorado for better and worse
Even 100 years after the United States’ entry into the war to end all wars, Army 1st Lt. Charles Stewartap letters to his wife -- found years ago in a trunk in...

Getting to goodbye: An Aurora couple’s struggle to employ Colorado’s new aid-in-dying law
When the time came to grant his wife’s final wish, Herb Myers took the bottle of pills from his safe and went to his home workshop and set it on...

Denver Central Driver License Office relocation postponed
The opening of a new drivers license office designed to improve convenience and allow for expansion has been postponed until April 3, the Colorado Department of Revenue said Saturday.

El Paso County double homicide investigation leads to four more arrests
Four more suspects have been arrested in the murder of teens Derek Greer and Natalie Partida, on the side of a road near Fountain.

Colorado’s fraud protection efforts may require extra steps from taxpayers to receive refund
In the wake of continuing scams, state taxpayers could be asked to jump through additional hoops as the Colorado Department of Revenue employs ongoing fraud prevention efforts to ensure that...

Simpson: In the age of Trump, lying gets another look
The election of Donald Trump, criticized during his campaign and in the early days of his presidency for statements often at odds with verifiable fact, has recast the discussion about...

From Mars to Boulder, Bobby Braun brings cachet as new dean of CU’s college of engineering
For a good portion of his career, Bobby Braun has wrestled with the technological challenges of putting spacecraft on Mars. He’ll take over in January as dean of the University of Colorado...

Tim Tymkovich: Coloradan through and through would give SCOTUS missing perspective
Tim Tymkovich, currently the chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, made President-elect Donald Trump’s list of 21 candidates for the current vacancy on the...

Neil Gorsuch: Elite credentials, conservative Western roots land Denver native on SCOTUS list
On a U.S. Supreme Court shortlist heavy on the heartland as much as pedigree, Neil Gorsuch has emerged as a candidate who checks both boxes — conservative, Western roots that...

Denver Fire puts “red tag” on Rhinoceropolis artist’s space over zoning and code violations
Denver authorities have "red-tagged" the Rhinoceropolis artists' space that was evacuated in frigid temperatures on Thursday night, citing a number of fire code violations and the fact that five people...