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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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Prison guard arrested after allegedly smuggling drug-packed burrito into Buena Vista prison
State corrections inspectors have arrested a former prison guard after he was caught smuggling a burrito packed with illegal drugs into the Buena Vista Correctional Facility.

Man killed by cement truck after running stop sign in Commerce City
A person who ran a stop sign was struck and killed by a cement truck early Wednesday morning.

Clifton woman, three children found safe in Evans after multi-day search
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered and missing person alert for a Clifton woman and her three children.

Denver weather: Sunny Wednesday before storms move in over the weekend
Clear and sunny skies are forecast for the next few days before another storm system sweeps into the Denver metro area bringing rain and lightning.

Man who waved gun before police killed him had history of petty crime
The man who was shot and killed by Denver police July 1 during downtown morning rush hour had a long history of petty crimes and confrontations with authorities.

Denver weather: Sunny skies and very warm temperatures Tuesday
Sunshine and very warm temperatures are forecast for the Denver metro area on Tuesday.

Neil Westergaard, former editor of Denver Business Journal and The Denver Post, dies at 67: “We’ve lost a great journalist”
Neil Westergaard, the former longtime editor of the Denver Business Journal who also led The Denver Post as the newspaper surpassed the Rocky Mountain News in total daily and Sunday...

Denver weather: Thunderstorms and rain showers in the city, severe weather on the plains
Another storm system will bring rain showers and thunderstorms to the Denver metro area late Monday afternoon.

“I’m too young to lose someone like you,” girl sings about grandmother killed by drunk driver
In a sweet, clear voice, seven-year-old Reve Lefebvre sang about being left alone by her beloved grandmother who was killed in a February car collision caused by a drunken driver.

Male correctional officer at Denver women’s prison arrested for allegedly attempting to pimp women
The Denver Police Human Trafficking Unit has arrested a 38-year-old correctional officer at the Colorado Denver Women's Correctional Facility for investigation of two counts of attempted pimping and patronizing a...