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More people died in police chases in this Denver suburb than in the state’s biggest cities
The Denver Post examined the regionās approach to police pursuits after the Aurora Police Department quietly broadened its policy in October to allow officers to chase more suspects.
Inside the investigation of a CBI scientist’s years of misconduct: “God forbid we have someone in prison that shouldn’t be”
During the internal affairs investigation, Yvonne "Missy" Woods' colleagues reacted to her conduct with anger, betrayal and bewilderment, their interviews show.
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"...
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Cannabis company, already sanctioned for false advertising, fined after illegal Colorado sales
A cannabis company fined earlier this year for illegal business practices in Colorado must pay an increased amount after continued violations, according to the Colorado Attorney General's office.
Denver homicides fall nearly 50% to 11-year low as overall crime plunges
Thirty-seven people were killed in Denver in 2025, the third-lowest number on record for any year since 1990, according to the Denver Police Department.
Northglenn assisted living staff neglected resident before her death, lawsuit alleges
A 77-year-old woman died last year after she repeatedly fell and remained on the ground for hours without help inside her home at a Northglenn assisted living facility, a lawsuit...
Once a month, parents of Colorado homicide victims gather to heal
The first time Katy Uhl walked out of a meeting with the Parents of Murdered Children support group, she was certain she would never go back.
Colorado men’s prisons will run out of space in next fiscal year, state warns
The Colorado Department of Corrections can house about 15,077 men across state and privately run prisons. The male population averaged about 15,006 in November.
Colorado courts’ fragmented system for sharing evidence needs statewide fix, task force finds
The task force found that the stateās centralized electronic discovery system has become painfully outdated, and that its inadequacies.
Beating of man with alleged ‘sexual torture chamber’ leads to arrest of 3 Denver law enforcement officers
The incident began when Sgt. Carla Gentempo and her husband, Deputy Jason Gentempo learned the 17-year-old was at a Denver apartment where the couple believed there to be a "sexual...
A third of Colorado’s sheriffs keep posses as reserve officers’ ranks decline
Under Colorado law, judges, coroners and sheriffs can all call up posses, though the power is almost exclusively used by sheriffs.
A Colorado dentist raised alarm about mercury fillings in prisoners. He was fired hours later, whistleblower lawsuit alleges.
Dentist Charles Hardin grew concerned that the prison system was over-relying on mercury amalgam when āsafer alternative materials existed.ā
Colorado Supreme Court upholds 29-year DUI vehicular homicide sentence, declines to classify crime as ‘grave or serious’
The justices took on the case after Kari Mobley Kennedy, 57, challenged her 29-year prison sentence in a September 2018 fatal DUI crash.