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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: Warm temps, rain and thunder Friday with snow possible this weekend
A topsy-turvy weekend could include unusually hot temperatures, isolated rain showers as well as snow and thundersnow.

At least four people confirmed dead in 28-vehicle crash on Interstate 70, near Denver West. Highway reopens in both directions.
A semi-tractor trailer was barreling down Interstate 70 when it collided with 12 cars and two semi-tractor trailers, triggering a series of explosions that killed multiple people and sent six...

Suspected varmint tripped up Denver Xcel substation, left 13,000 customers without power
A squirrel or a gopher likely climbed inside an Aurora substation Wednesday night and sparked 30 outages affecting 13,395 electrical customers across the metro area Wednesday night.

Denver weather: Sun, rain and thunderstorms on the way for the weekend
Cloudy skies over Denver will give way to sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid-60s on Thursday.

Denver police arrest woman in domestic violence shooting of woman
Denver police have arrested a shooting suspect whose actions triggered neighborhood warnings early Thursday morning.

Denver weather: Thunderstorms and rain in the city, snow possible in near future
Warm southwesterly breezes will help to raise temperatures up to 72 degrees Wednesday in Denver before a few isolated thunderstorms and rain showers in the evening.

Sentencing postponed in NYC for terrorist arrested in Aurora in 2009 for conspiracy to set off bombs across U.S.
A former Denver International Airport shuttle driver arrested in Aurora in 2009 for his role in Al Qaeda terror plots to blow up baseball or football stadiums will be sentenced...

Greenwood Village road closed following overnight water main break
Both directions of Costilla Avenue are closed at Clinton Street following a water main break in Greenwood Village early Tuesday morning.

Denver weather: “Bring on the sun!” forecasters proclaim
Denver area meteorologists appeared gleeful Tuesday when they proclaimed, "Bring on the sun!" with total confidence.

“Like shooting fish in a barrel,” prosecutor said of Aurora man killing teen in road rage incident
A 45-year-old maintenance worker is guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenager and attempted murder of a second man during a random road rage incident sparked...