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Kirk Mitchell
Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.
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Denver weather: Wind chill factors make air feel like minus 11 degrees
Bitter cold temperatures have turned some stretches of Denver's highways into ice and side roads into snow-packed, slippery surfaces for Thursday's commute.

Gannon Stauch: Missing boy’s stepmother releases statement about search
The stepmother of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch released a detailed statement to FOX31 Tuesday night offering new details about the boy's disappearance and describing death threats against her family.

After winning in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders plans Denver visit on Sunday
Fresh from a win in the New Hampshire primary, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will appear in Denver Sunday evening for a campaign rally at the Colorado Convention Center.

Denver weather: Another round of snow expected to impact evening commute
Denverites will likely be fighting stormy conditions during their commute home after work on Wednesday, with between 2 to 4 inches of new snow expected.

A hit-and-run, chase and shooting lead to two indictments from Colorado grand jury
An 18th Judicial District grand jury indicted a federal prison employee for shooting at a suspected hit-and-run driver in the middle of stopped traffic on C-470 in 2019.

Federal court won’t toss sexual harassment lawsuit against Colorado prison guard
A federal appeals court rejected an appeal by a former prison guard and Denver women's prison officials seeking dismissal of a civil lawsuit brought by a former female prisoner claiming...

“I swear to God I just killed a man,” teen allegedly boasted to friends before Wheat Ridge police arrested him
Four teens charged in connection with robbery and shooting death in Wheat Ridge bragged to friends and on social media, according to a Wheat Ridge Police Department arrest affidavit.

Denver coroner’s office releases name of 67-year-old homicide victim
A man found dead in his home Sunday night has been identified as Terance Longo, 67.

Semitrailer blaze shuts down northbound I-25 near Monument Hill
All northbound lanes of Interstate 25 are closed near Monument Hill at the Greenland exit after a semitrailer burst into flames.

Colorado road conditions: Icy roads trigger Denver metro crashes, keep speeds slow on highways
Several lanes of highways are closed causing large traffic backups following traffic crashes on icy Denver metro roads.