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Rex Frerichs hits on hole three as a smoky haze covers downtown Denver at City Park Golf Course on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Play inside or out? How to manage Denver’s poor air quality with kids

By Meg Wingerter

July 8, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

The lungs are larger, as a proportion of body size, in babies and toddlers than...

A Waymo robotaxi vehicle rolls into a turn from East 18th Avenue to Tremont Place in downtown Denver on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Waymo is ready to operate its self-driving vehicles in Denver without attendants — but the public can’t ride just yet

By Jon Murray

July 8, 2026 at 2:32 p.m.

Waymo's self-driving vehicles will soon begin picking up passengers in Denver without the human attendants...

Huerfano County sheriff's Capt. Lea Vigil makes a circular motion by her head as she stands over inmate Michael Burch on March 28, 2023. (Photo provided by Rathod Mohamedbhai law firm)

Colorado county, healthcare provider to pay $10.2 million after man slowly died in jail despite pleas for help

By Shelly Bradbury

July 8, 2026 at 12:01 p.m.

Michael Burch, 69, died inside the Huerfano County Detention Center on April 4, 2023, from...

Law enforcement officials investigate the scene of a shooting in the 5300 block of Sheridan Boulevard on Jan. 25, 2023 in Arvada. Law enforcement officials temporarily shut down Interstate 76 and Sheridan Boulevard in Adams County after someone fired multiple rounds into businesses at a strip mall and injured one woman, an Adams County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. Investigators believe the shooter was in a field or trailer park on the west side of the 5300 block of Sheridan Boulevard when multiple shots were fired toward a strip mall across the road, Adams County Sgt. Adam Sherman said. Multiple businesses, which are mostly Latino-owned, were hit. One woman was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities do not believe the woman was the intended target although they do not know what led to the shooting, Sherman said. A manhunt for the shooter is ongoing. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents and motorists to avoid the area.

Jefferson County is the lead agency after officials realized the shooter was across the road from the strip mall, Sherman said. The Denver Police Department also is aiding in the search for the shooter. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

1 dead in Sheridan crash after motorcycle hits utility truck

By Lauren Penington

July 8, 2026 at 9:51 a.m.

A fatal motorcycle crash shut down northbound South Santa Fe Drive in Sheridan on Wednesday...

Alex Marrero, superintendent of Denver Public Schools, listens as members of DPS’s school board voted to close seven schools during a meeting at district headquarters in downtown Denver on Nov. 21, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Alex Marrero says he’s ‘unapologetically committed’ to Denver’s students after not getting Miami job

By The Denver Post

July 8, 2026 at 3:14 p.m.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has narrowed the list of 21 applicants to six semifinalists, a...

Scorched earth left in the wake of the Aspen Acres fire is seen in Colorado City on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado wildfires: Aspen Acres fire grows to 96,000 acres, new evacuations issued for Ferris fire

By Lauren Penington

July 8, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Together, four active wildfires in Colorado have consumed nearly 190,000 acres, or 296 square miles....

Ken Rees leads a prayer during a vigil for the Rev. Edward Nalwamba, a Ugandan national being held at the Aurora ICE Processing Center who is facing deportation after 25 years in the U.S., on Saturday, June 27, 2026, outside the processing center in Aurora. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

ICE agents pressured Ugandan priest to sign documents and accept deportation, lawyer says

By Seth Klamann

July 8, 2026 at 10:39 a.m.

Supporters of the Rev. Edward Nalwamba thought their prayers had been answered last week when...

On July 10, 2025, dry lightning struck the south rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and started a wildfire. A year later, burn scars are still visible to visitors as they both drive and hike along the south rim. However, new growth is emerging among the scrub oak trees and wildflowers are abundant since the fire cleared weeds and grasses on the ground. (Photo by Tiney Ricciardi/The Denver Post)

One year after wildfire, new life emerges at Black Canyon national park

By Tiney Ricciardi

July 8, 2026 at 8:14 a.m.

While much has changed at the Black Canyon in light of the 2025 South Rim...

A pair of Klipsch La Scala speakers bookend a case stocked with vinyl records at the new FM Lounge in Denver, behind the FM retail boutique. (Provided by Matthew Brown)

South Broadway boutique adds vinyl listening lounge

By John Wenzel

July 8, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

FM, which doesn't serve alcohol, is another part of Denver's burgeoning vinyl culture scene.

A view from Homestake Reservoir Road in the Homestake Valley near Red Cliff in Eagle County, Colorado on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Power restored to Colorado’s Vail Valley after lightning strike

By Katie Langford

July 8, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Colorado's Vail Valley after a lightning...

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