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Sharletta Evans, right, whose 3-year-old son, ...

By turning guns into garden tools, a Colorado nonprofit effects change “a little bit by a little bit”

February 14, 2022 at 11:53 p.m.

Nearly three decades after her 3-year-old son was killed in a drive-by shooting that shattered the silence outside a Denver duplex, Sharletta Evans was the one piercing the stillness as...

Colorado ski resorts aim for more efficient snowmaking amid drought

January 26, 2022 at 9:26 a.m.

The sight can be jarring during extreme drought: snowmaking guns lined up on a mountainside, blasting precious crystal flakes on a ski run while the rest of the land goes...

Denver Zoo reports world鈥檚 first coronavirus cases in hyenas

November 5, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide, a national veterinary lab announced Friday.

Boulder King Soopers shooting victims demand answers on public donations

June 2, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.

Several families and survivors of those killed in the March mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket have demanded the appointment of a special master to help distribute public donations for...

FILE - Members of the Summit County Rescue Group search the slide area on the Pallavicini trail at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, after an avalanche killed a 54-year-old Colorado man in Breckenridge, Colo., in this Friday, May 20, 2005, file photo. A warning from avalanche experts for anyone venturing into the backcountry: The threat of slides may only be growing worse. (AP Photo/Chris Doane)

Prosecutors drop bid for $168K after destructive Colorado avalanche

May 18, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

Prosecutors have dropped their bid for $168,000 in damages from two snowboarders who triggered a slide that buried a service road and destroyed an expensive avalanche mitigation system in Colorado's...

Social equity in marijuana industry still largely pipe dream

April 30, 2021 at 8:29 a.m.

Terrence Hewing was working for a package delivery company in 2007 when police approached his cargo van in suburban Denver. He was early for a pick up, and someone out...

A sign warns backcountry users about ...

Snowboarders escaped monster avalanche, but were later charged with reckless endangerment

March 26, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

Tyler DeWitt and Evan Hannibal were slowly making their way down a windswept slope during a backcountry snowboarding excursion in Colorado last spring when the shallow snow beneath them shifted...

FILE – In this image taken from video, the engine of United Airlines Flight 328 is on fire after after experiencing a “right-engine failure” shortly after takeoff from Denver International Airport, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, in Denver. The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines in the United States to ground planes with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this past weekend until they can be inspected for stress cracks. The order applies to airplanes equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney engines, which are used solely on Boeing 777s. (Chad Schnell via AP, File)

FAA grounds certain planes after engine failure over Denver

February 23, 2021 at 9:16 p.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday ordered airlines in the United States to ground planes with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this past weekend...

The beauty and solitude of backcountry ...

Safety issues continue to rise as more and more skiers hit the backcountry during the pandemic

January 6, 2021 at 9:01 a.m.

Skiers and snowboarders with nowhere else to go were increasingly lured by the untouched powder of the backcountry.

Members of the Senegalese community gather ...

$50,000 reward offered for information in Denver fire that killed 5 members of Senegalese family

November 24, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

A $50,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrests of people responsible for setting a house fire in Denver that killed five recent immigrants, including two children,...

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