Yesenia Robles was a breaking news reporter for The Denver Post, working with the organization from 2010-2016. She covered education, crime and courts, and the northern suburbs. Raised in Denver, she graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder and is a native Spanish speaker.
A Denver judge sentenced a former taxi driver convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman to a minimum of 30 years in prison, calling the case disturbing.
A man who pleaded guilty to a count of animal cruelty in the case against Jurassic Pets reptile store in Thornton was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation.
Officials estimate the fire just south of the Wyoming border is at 11,776 acres as of Wednesday morning, having pushed boundaries on the west, east and south sides.