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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.
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Arvada officer was ambushed by shooter and “Samaritan” prevented further bloodshed, police say
The police officer killed in Olde Town Arvada was ambushed by a shooter targeting law enforcement, and the man described by authorities as a "Samaritan" prevented further bloodshed before he...
3 killed, including veteran police officer and suspect, in Olde Town Arvada shooting
Three people, including a veteran Arvada police officer, were killed Monday afternoon in a shooting in Olde Town Arvada that forced people to flee and others to take cover in...
Black market marijuana grows are popping up faster than law enforcement can take them down. But is legalization the cause?
Black market marijuana organizations, including two with ties to Chinese crime organizations, pick expensive homes in suburban subdivisions to hide their grows. Law enforcement has busted two such rings operating...
Second STEM School shooter found guilty of murder in death of Kendrick Castillo
A Douglas County District Court jury on Tuesday convicted STEM School Highlands Ranch shooter Devon Erickson of first-degree felony murder for killing classmate Kendrick Castillo, ensuring a lifetime in prison...
21 indicted in Colorado in connection with international black market marijuana and money laundering scheme
Federal and local law enforcement on Thursday announced the takedown of a black market marijuana and money laundering scheme in Colorado -- an operation comprising 21 individuals growing millions of...
Police investigating homicide after man shot near East Colfax Ave.
A man shot Sunday in Denver's Monclair neighborhood has died, police said Monday afternoon.
Man shot by police Friday in Park Hill has died
A man shot by police Friday in Denver's Park Hill neighborhood has died, authorities announced Monday.
Young Life says LGBTQ people can now be considered for leadership. Reformers contend it’s a bait-and-switch.
For Kent Thomas, whose post last year launched the Do Better Young Life movement, and other LGBTQ-affirming current and former staff, the document portrays an organization trying to delicately toe...
Colorado agencies, schools, companies gird themselves against cyberattacks: “Something big on the horizon”
The attack on JBS is one of the latest and most high-profile examples of the escalating cyberattacks in Colorado and nationwide that have hit gas pipelines, universities, transportation agencies, and...
7 indicted in connection with one of Colorado’s largest money-laundering schemes
Douglas County officials arrested seven people and recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold and silver in connection with what they said was one of the largest money-laundering schemes...