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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 region’s 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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Two killed in Capitol Hill shooting, Denver police say
Two people were killed in a shooting in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Saturday night, according to Denver police.Â
Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline seeks independence from courts after lack of funding stalls investigation
The Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline’s attempt to hire a law firm to investigate allegations of widespread misconduct by judges last summer stalled because the state Supreme Court did not...
DAs call Polis’ reduction of trucker’s 110-year sentence “premature and unwarranted,” say it’s having “substantial ripple effect”
Gov. Jared Polis’ decision to abruptly reduce the 110-year prison sentence for the truck driver who killed four people in a fiery 2019 crash is impacting other ongoing court cases,...
CBI agent in Barry Morphew murder case resigned amid internal affairs investigation
Joseph Cahill, a Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent who testified in the murder case against Chaffee County’s Barry Morphew, resigned from the agency last month amid an internal affairs investigation,...
Man convicted of murder in 1991 Grand Junction pipe bombings seeks new trial through Innocence Project
Nearly three decades after James Genrich was convicted of planting a series of pipe bombs in Grand Junction that killed two people and terrorized the community for months, the now-59-year-old...
National Western Stock Show ends with smaller crowds amid pandemic
More than a hundred thousand people stayed away from the National Western Stock Show this year when the 16-day event returned to Denver as the highly infectious omicron variant of...
Man shot to death in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood Saturday
A man was shot to death in Denver Saturday night, according to Denver police.Â
Firefighters called to trash fire at Twelve Tribes compound days before Marshall fire, but burn deemed legal
Firefighters responded to a trash fire at the property that has been a focus of the Marshall fire investigation six days before the fast-moving wildfire blazed a swath of destruction across Boulder...
Colorado Supreme Court upholds “Make My Day” immunity in home defense shooting
A Colorado Springs man who shot and killed an intruder in the basement of his apartment building is protected from criminal prosecution by the state’s “Make My Day” law, the...
Woman uses new Colorado law to sue over alleged sex assault in 1977
A Colorado woman on New Year’s Day sued a former schoolteacher and claimed he raped her when she was a teenager in the 1970s in what appears to be the...