Featured Stories
Unenforced Labor: An investigation into unsafe working conditions in Colorado agriculture
In this three-part special report, The Denver Post uncovers chronic abuses in Colorado鈥檚 agricultural supply chain 鈥� and the lack of action from state and federal regulators.
How Pueblo weaponizes contempt of court to inflate jail time for minor crimes
Pueblo city judges have sent people to jail for months on charges that in other Colorado courts are punished by one or two days in jail. Experts call it "draconian"...
Looted: Stolen relics, laundered art and a Colorado scholar’s role in the illicit antiquities trade
In this three-part report, The Denver Post investigates the role of Emma Bunker, as "The Scholar," in an illicit antiquities smuggling operation that left Cambodian temples plundered for big money.
All Stories
How Denver allows faulty or inoperable elevators to keep trapping people
Elevators across Denver are trapping people inside or are otherwise inoperable, and conveyance regulators aren't doing enough to ensure they're working safely, a Denver Post investigation found.
Man ‘violently’ arrested by ICE in Denver courthouse bathroom as young child watched, witness says
Immigration officers also detained, arrested, handcuffed and cited the legal observer, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
A judge blocked a rural Colorado city from disbanding a church’s homeless encampment. Then the city fired her.
The firing prompted serious concern from church leaders and homeless advocates, who wonder whether the city is stacking the deck against them.
Broncos connected to real estate purchases around Burnham Yard, potential stadium site
A series of limited liability corporations have purchased at least 13 parcels of land around a potential future Broncos stadium site in Denver since last summer and paid more than...
What it was like to work at one of America’s most notorious funeral homes
Investigators unspooled a decade-long scheme by Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors owner, Megan Hess, and her mother, Shirley Koch, to sell hundreds of bodies and body parts.
Colorado parking enforcement company ‘tricks and intimidates’ drivers into paying fees, lawsuit alleges
The lawsuit comes less than two years after the company reached a settlement with Colorado鈥檚 attorney general over the collection of illegal fines.
Suspect in Boulder antisemitic terror attack charged with 118 counts including attempted murder
Mohamed Sabry聽Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian immigrant who officials say was living in the U.S. illegally after overstaying a tourist visa, also faces a federal hate crime count.
Colorado increases number of young people who can be held in pre-trial detention in emergencies
The legislation also includes a body-worn camera pilot program for juvenile detention and commitment staff.
‘Antisemitic terror attack’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall planned for a year, FBI says; 4 new victims found
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, intended to carry out a mass shooting in downtown Boulder and only switched to an explosive plan after he was denied a gun because of his...
What we know about the Pearl Street Mall attack in Boulder
The man who attacked 12 people Sunday afternoon on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, according to jail records.