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May 17, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

One of Denver County Court's longest-serving judges, Andre Rudolph, died unexpectedly on Friday, court officials...

Denver firefighters respond to a fire at an apartment complex under construction at the intersection of Leetsdale Drive and South Forest Street on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Denver Fire Department)

Suspect in huge fire at Denver apartment construction site found incompetent for trial

By Judith Kohler

May 15, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

The suspect in a massive fire that destroyed a partially built apartment complex in east...

Flowers placed on a bench near the fountain in front of the Boulder County Courthouse are seen as Boulder County crews clean the walkway on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on Monday, June 2, 2025. The Pearl Street Mall, photographed in Boulder on Monday. June 2, 2025. Twelve people were injured in a “targeted act of violence” by a man wielding a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)

Deportation of Boulder attacker’s family could derail federal criminal case

May 14, 2026 at 2:18 p.m.

Federal prosecutors likely months out from deciding whether to pursue death penalty.

Deborah Nicholls, with her attorneys, Deputy Public Defender Jeff Schwartz, left, and Deputy Public Defender Cindy Jones listens as she is sentenced to three consecutive life sentences on Dec. 3, 2008 in Colorado Springs. Nicholls was convicted for the for a 2003 fire that killed 11-year-old Jay, 5-year-old Sophia and 3-year-old Sierra Nicholls. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Reis)

Prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence for woman convicted of killing her 3 children in house fire, judge finds

May 13, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

The judge did not take action on Deborah Nicholls' convictions in the April order but...

A Frontier Airlines jetliner sits outside a repair hangar at Denver International Airport, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Passengers on Frontier plane that killed man on DIA runway intend to sue, law firms announce

May 13, 2026 at 4:07 p.m.

The law firms described the crash as "one of the most preventable aviation incidents in...

Parker Police screenshot via twitter generic

Colorado jury awards $24 million to man over wrongful arrest, prosecution

May 12, 2026 at 3:10 p.m.

Robert Dial, 62, won $22 million in economic damages and another $2 million for pain...

Denver chief of police Ron Thomas speaks during a press conference on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Denver police reverse course on loosening Taser policy after watchdog cries foul

May 8, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

The Denver Police Department broadened its use-of-force policy to allow officers to use Tasers in...

Douglas County man gets decades in prison for assaulting women he met on dating apps

May 7, 2026 at 7:57 a.m.

David Kats was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years to life in prison after a Douglas...

Former Douglas County teacher gets 10 years in prison for sexually exploiting children

May 6, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

David Feil took a deal and pleaded guilty in March to child sex exploitation, dropping...

Latest Trump administration lawsuit targets Colorado’s large-capacity magazine ban

May 6, 2026 at 10:28 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Colorado on Wednesday over the state's ban on large-capacity...

Assault weapons on display at The Freedom Shoppe gun store, which was holding a sale in anticipation of new gun control measures, in New Milford, Conn., April 2, 2013. The store is liquidating their stock of weapons expected to be banned. Months after the massacre of 26 people at a school in Newtown, Conn., legislative leaders in the state on Monday announced what they called the most far-reaching gun-legislation package in the country. (Wendy Carlson/The New York Times)

Trump administration sues Denver over assault weapon ban, a day after mayor vowed to fight feds

May 5, 2026 at 3:05 p.m.

The Justice Department lawsuit argues that the city's ban is unconstitutional and runs afoul of...

Colorado leaders defiant as DOJ demands Denver and state end bans on assault weapons, magazines

May 4, 2026 at 5:42 p.m.

Since 1989, Denver has restricted the possession and sale of guns with magazines carrying more...

Rachel Amaru, right, hugs Rachel Cohen during a remembrance program at the Boulder Jewish Festival on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on Sunday, June 8, 2025. Cohen was on the pedestrian mall a week earlier during the antisemitic terror attack with her two kids. (Helen H. Richardson / The Denver Post)

Suspect in Boulder Pearl Street Mall firebombing to plead guilty to state charges, attorneys say

May 4, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

Mohamed Soliman, 46, faces more than 184 charges in Boulder County District Court in connection...

The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel is an independent office of the Colorado Supreme Court, whose building is seen here. (Denver Post file)

Colorado Supreme Court hears case of snowboarder who sued Vail Resorts claiming he was struck by a snowmobile, then bought another Epic Pass

By The Summit Daily

April 29, 2026 at 10:43 a.m.

Did he give up his claims to sue when he signed the liability waiver for...

Colorado woman wrongfully convicted of murder seeks $830,000 under rarely used exoneration law

April 29, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

If her petition is successful, Acacia Lyn-Darr would become just the fourth person to receive...

Gov. Jared Polis delivers his final State of the State address in the House chamber of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Polis used his final State of the State speech to highlight achievements made on housing, education and transportation over his tenure, work that he said would continue through his final year. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Polis signs legislation to increase transparency, ensure Colorado municipal court defendants have access to lawyers

April 28, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Polis signed a bill into law that seeks to ensure municipal court defendants have access...

Colorado anti-violence advocate guilty of murder at child’s birthday party

April 27, 2026 at 1:24 p.m.

Lumumba Sayers Sr., 47, was found guilty of second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and attempted...

Lucie Donovan waits to speak by phone with her husband Juan, who is has been held at the ICE immigration detention facility in Aurora for more than a year, at her home in Denver on Monday, March 9, 2026. The couple try to speak daily, but the cost of calls from within the facility and lines being down for various reasons can affect their schedule. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

He married a Denver teacher while in ICE detention. Now she’s fighting his deportation: ‘We just want to be together’

By Elizabeth Hernandez

April 26, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

It is a story about what happens when the federal government gets between a husband...

The front of an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

ICE re-arrests family of Boulder firebombing suspect hours after arrival in Colorado, attorney says

April 27, 2026 at 11:11 a.m.

A federal judge in Texas ordered the release of the El Gamal family this week...

Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall event in support of Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Justice Department joins Elon Musk company’s lawsuit against Colorado AI regulations

By Seth Klamann

April 24, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

The Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit by billionaire Elon Musk's xAI that challenges...

The Colorado Department of Human Services Office of Behavioral Health building at Fort Logan in Denver. (Courtesy of Google Maps)

Former CASA director accused of pocketing donations on leave from Colorado Behavioral Health Administration

April 24, 2026 at 4:36 p.m.

CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties' former executive director is on leave from the Colorado...

Law enforcement officials are on scene to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Family of Boulder fire attack suspect released from ICE custody following judge’s order

April 24, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

The wife and five children of the man charged with carrying out a terror attack...

FILE – Fremont County coroner Randy Keller, center, and other authorities survey the area where they plan to put up tents at the Return to Nature Funeral Home where over 100 bodies have been improperly stored, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Penrose, Colo. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP, File)/The Gazette via AP)

Former Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 30 years in case that forced industry crackdown

By The Associated Press

April 24, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

Carie Hallford's sentencing for hiding 200 bodies caps a scandal that changed Colorado's lax funeral...

Colorado forced out longtime head of deaf services because he was ‘too close’ to his own community, lawsuit alleges

April 27, 2026 at 9:38 a.m.

Cliff Moers, who is deaf, spent nearly two decades with the Colorado Division for the...

Franci Stagi center, speaks with a Durango Police Department officer early Oct. 28, 2025, after an immigration officer allegedly assaulted her in Durango, Colorado. (Scout Edmondson/Durango Herald via AP)

Colorado DA says political landscape didn’t influence decision to charge immigration agent with assault

April 23, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

District Attorney Sean Murray is one of just a few prosecutors across the country who...

FILE – Law enforcement detain a man outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Assault charge for immigration officer in Colorado could test immunity provisions for federal agents

By Morgan Lee

April 23, 2026 at 11:12 a.m.

Late last year, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said arrests of federal officers performing...

Adams County Justice Center locate in ...

Colorado anti-violence advocate charged with murder takes the stand in his own defense

April 23, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Lumumba Sayers Sr., charged with killing a man at a child's birthday party, took the...

A Colorado Department of Corrections officer walks along the third level of cell house #8 at the Fremont Correctional Facility during a formal count at the prison in Canon City on Aug. 5, 2011. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Lawmakers propose workaround after Polis stops releasing long-term prisoners who committed youthful crime

April 23, 2026 at 10:03 a.m.

Gov. Jared Polis currently has the sole authority to release the program’s graduates from prison....

Stephen Martinez’s aunt, Theresa Garcia, left, and Stephen’s attorney, Jeanne Segil, right, speak at a news conference at the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Martinez was serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a 4-month-old baby in 1998. He will be set free after a judge erased his conviction in light of new evidence that suggests the infant died from severe lung disease, not from being shaken. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Denver judge overturns murder conviction, frees man after 27 years in prison

April 21, 2026 at 5:46 p.m.

Attorneys found that Heather’s injuries — originally attributed to Stephen Martinez violently shaking the infant...

A Denver jury convicted him of killing a baby 26 years ago. Now the DA agrees his conviction should be erased.

April 20, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

Stephen Martinez, 58, was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 4-month-old Heather...

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court to hear religious schools’ challenge over exclusion from Colorado’s free preschool program

By Lindsay Whitehurst

April 20, 2026 at 1:18 p.m.

The court agreed Monday to take up the appeal from St. Mary Catholic Parish, which...

Connor Hill looks through the titles in the adult fiction section of the Denver Book Society on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Denver Book Society sues California bookstore over name dispute

April 19, 2026 at 10:32 a.m.

The newly opened Denver Book Society is suing a Berkeley, California bookstore, Book Society, and...

An apartment building is show under construction in Lakewood in August 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Lakewood voters’ thwarting of zoning changes was a ‘kick in the gut’ — reflecting a big challenge in housing debate

April 19, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

"This clearly shows that residents are the ultimate form of local control," said the Colorado...

Police take a pro-Palestine protester to a Denver Sheriff’s bus to be processed on the Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, April 26, 2024. ..(Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Teacher sues Denver police, Auraria campus over pro-Palestinian protest arrest

April 16, 2026 at 12:03 p.m.

A local teacher arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the Auraria campus is suing Denver...

An advertisement for Ticketmaster is viewed along an area reserved for special guests on the sideline of the field before an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, file)

Ticketmaster and Live Nation had monopoly over big concert venues, jury finds in lawsuit brought by Colorado and other states

By Larry Neumeister

April 15, 2026 at 3:50 p.m.

"Live Nation is a monopolist and has abused its monopoly power to squeeze out competition,...

A Denver police vehicle on East 16th Avenue in Denver on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Denver police swarmed Montbello woman’s 70th birthday party with guns drawn after nearby ShotSpotter alert, lawsuit alleges

April 15, 2026 at 4:57 p.m.

Denver police kept the partygoers detained for nearly an hour until a supervisor arrived and...

19-year-old driver in double-fatal Aurora crash takes deal, pleads guilty to assault

April 15, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

Olvin Carcamo-Meza, the driver accused of killing two people and injuring two others in a...

The state-run Mental Health Transitional Living Home in Northglenn, Colorado, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)

State faces new flare-up of safety concerns over transitional living facility in north Denver suburb

April 15, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

"We recognize and support the critical need for expanded mental health services," Northglenn Mayor Meredith...

The Adams County Justice Center which ...

Colorado anti-violence advocate left peace rally and killed man to avenge son’s death, prosecution alleges

April 14, 2026 at 5:24 p.m.

Lumumba Sayers Sr., 47, is charged with first-degree murder, menacing and two counts of tampering...

Planes taxi to the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Broomfield on Monday, March 23, 2026. (Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)

Local leaders consider taking battle over noise, pollution at Jeffco airport to Colorado Supreme Court

April 13, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

"All of these flights taking off are going right over my house," Greg Tan said....

Motorists queue up outside the Pepsi Center early Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Hundreds of Colorado licenses to be revoked after driving school suspended for fraud

April 12, 2026 at 3:44 p.m.

Roughly 460 licenses of Coloradans who attended the Academy School of Driving will be revoked,...

Man shot while riding scooter in downtown Denver

April 12, 2026 at 1:11 p.m.

Denver police officers responded to the shooting near 18th and Stout streets just before 11:45 p.m....

handcuffs generic The number of people who died in Colorado’s jails more than doubled between 2011 and 2015, according to data compiled by The Denver Post.

Suspect convicted of murder for beating Denver man to death on sidewalk

April 10, 2026 at 3:46 p.m.

Jonathan Douglas was found beaten to death on the sidewalk near his home on Mariposa...

Denver TV stations, including 9News, suffered double-digit declines in late newscast viewership in the November 2017 ratings sweeps.

Federal judge extends restraining order on $6.2B merger of owners of Denver’s Fox31 and 9News

By Rebecca Boone

April 10, 2026 at 11:45 a.m.

In Denver, Nexstar is the parent company of KDVR-Fox31 and KWGN-CW2, while Tegna owns NBC...

Man spending decades in prison for 2 Aurora murders takes deal, pleads guilty to killing Denver cellmate

April 10, 2026 at 7:31 a.m.

Ricky Roybal-Smith was sentenced to 56 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to...

A Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance employee holds the flipper of a California sea lion at the Schlossman Shores habitat in June 2025, in Denver. (Provided by DZCA)

Denver Zoo contractor ‘blindsided’ by sea lion exhibit lawsuit

By John Wenzel

April 9, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

Vertix Builders said it offered to fix any problems on the $19 million project before...

Police tape and a Boulder Police cruiser is seen near a death investigation with suspicious devices in an apartment on the 4500 Block of 13th Street in Boulder on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Man accused of murder in Thornton stabbed brother in the neck, affidavit alleges

April 9, 2026 at 12:41 p.m.

Zamien Rivas faces first-degree murder charges after allegedly stabbing his brother in the neck in...

The gavel cracks on a foreclosure sale in the Public Trustees offices at the Wellington Webb building during a foreclosure auction Thursday morning. Andy Cross, The Denver Post

Man gets 55 years in prison for murder of Idaho Springs dog breeder

April 9, 2026 at 8:34 a.m.

Sergio Ferrer was sentenced to 48 years in prison for second-degree murder and seven years...

A worker walks in front of the JBS Beef Production Facility in Greeley on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Brice Tucker/Greeley Tribune)

JBS operates Greeley plant without legal air pollution permit, lawsuit alleges

By Noelle Phillips

April 9, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for...

Parker police sergeant solicited sex from youth in mentorship program, indictment alleges

April 8, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

Sgt. Troy Brienzo, who resigned while under investigation in February, was indicted on two felony...

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is suing contractor Vertix and design firm BRS Architecture over allegedly faulty work on its California sea lion habitat. (Provided by Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance)

Denver Zoo sues over $19 million sea lion habitat construction, alleging ‘errors, omissions, and deficiencies’

By John Wenzel

April 8, 2026 at 12:14 p.m.

The habitat opened in June 2025 but already has rust, leaks and broken pumps, the...

Man gets 5 years in prison for Denver hit-and-run that killed pedestrian

April 7, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

Calistro Ortega-Uribe took a deal and pleaded guilty to attempting to leave the scene of...

Former Parker police sergeant indicted on charges of unlawful sexual conduct, misconduct

April 7, 2026 at 4:34 p.m.

Former Parker police Sgt. Troy Brienzo faces seven charges, including unlawful sexual conduct, unlawful sexual...

Wrong-way DUI driver gets 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in fatal Wheat Ridge crash

April 6, 2026 at 12:59 p.m.

A drunken driver who crashed into and killed a woman while driving the wrong way...

Judge Susan Blanco jokes with a detainee as she keeps the proceedings light at the Fort Collins courthouse during a day in the Eighth Judicial District's competency court on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Colorado eyes changes to courts’ competency process after high-profile case stirred outrage

April 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado lawmakers want to create a new way to institutionalize mentally ill and disabled people...

A police car on East 16th Ave. in Denver on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado activist convicted of doxxing Denver police commander in first-of-its-kind case

April 4, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Regan Benson appears to be the first person in the state convicted under the anti-doxxing...

Former Douglas County teacher gets 300 days jail for child sex exploitation

April 3, 2026 at 7:05 p.m.

A former Douglas County High School teacher was sentenced to 300 days in jail on...

Aurora man gets 22 years in prison for fatal Greenwood Village shooting

April 3, 2026 at 12:05 p.m.

An Aurora man was sentenced to 22 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections after...

Commissioner George Teal stands at a press conference at Douglas County government offices in Castle Rock on March 25, 2025 to announce a home rule ballot measure at a special election. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Douglas County meetings on home rule charter measure violated open-meetings law, appeals court rules

April 3, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The ruling stems from an April 2025 lawsuit brought by former Commissioner Lora Thomas, Democratic...

Kinesis Dance’s former location. (Google Maps)

Shuttered Boulder dance studio left behind a trail of $169,000 in unpaid bills. The owner has been indicted.

By Abigail Ankeney

April 3, 2026 at 9:06 a.m.

One parent says she’s out more than $5,200. Some former business partners and dance teachers...

RTD settles lawsuit with man hit by commuter train in Aurora

April 2, 2026 at 1:57 p.m.

Paul Aguilar sued the RTD for negligence in May 2025, after he was hit by...

Letecia Stauch makes her first appearance in El Paso County District Court in Colorado Springs, Colo., Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Stauch faces several charges, including first-degree murder of a child, in the death of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch. (KRDO-TV/The Gazette via AP, Pool)

Colorado court overturns Letecia Stauch’s murder conviction in 11-year-old stepson’s death

April 2, 2026 at 4:22 p.m.

The court reversed Letecia Stauch’s conviction and sent the case back for retrial because her...

Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters smiles at supporters sitting behind her during her sentencing for her election interference case at the Mesa County District Court on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Grand Junction, Colorado. (Larry Robinson/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Colorado appeals court throws out Tina Peters’ 9-year prison term, orders resentencing

April 2, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

The panel of three judges found that the original sentencing judge wrongly based part of...

A heavily damaged car believed to be involved in a hit-and-run crash sits outside a Commerce City home in January 2026. The driver was pulled over for speeding in a separate car later that evening and law enforcement found the body of a woman killed in the earlier crash. (Photo provided by the Commerce City Police Department)

Man arrested after body found in car during Commerce City traffic stop

March 31, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

A Colorado State Patrol trooper pulled Brandon Sargent-Zuniga over for speeding on Jan. 16 and...

People wait in line to receive tickets to attend U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments on ongoing cases on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. The court found today that a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors likely violates free speech. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids

By Lindsay Whitehurst

March 31, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning...

FILE – This Oct. 24, 2016 file photo shows dollar bills in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Denver-area insurance broker indicted for nearly $100,000 in fraud, theft

March 30, 2026 at 2:54 p.m.

A Denver-area insurance broker accused of siphoning nearly $100,000 from his contracted insurance company partners...

Man accused of strangling Denver cellmate gets 80 years in prison in separate Aurora murders

March 31, 2026 at 3:05 p.m.

Ricky Roybal‑Smith was accused last summer of three separate murders -- a man strangled in...

Kim Osterman shows photos of her son Max, who she says died after taking fentanyl he bought from a dealer on Snapchat, in her living room in Thornton, Colo., on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Colorado woman whose son died from drugs bought on social media celebrates verdicts against Meta, YouTube

By The Associated Press

March 27, 2026 at 9:27 a.m.

Thornton resident Kimberly Osterman's son Max died in 2021 from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought...

A screengrab of the town of Kersey's Facebook page on Thursday, March 26, 2026.

Northern Colorado town settles free speech lawsuit for $45,000

March 26, 2026 at 1:51 p.m.

A northern Colorado town accused of censoring critics on social media has agreed to pay...

Man accused of manslaughter in Colorado fentanyl death arrested in South America

March 25, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

Max Arsenault was arrested in South America after fleeing the country in January, days before...

Norman Harris lifts his daughter, Emory Harris, 4, onto his shoulders as he and others walk down Welton Street, past the new location of Welton Street Cafe, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a pet parade and bar crawl in Five Points, Denver’s historic Black neighborhood once known as the Harlem of the West, on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Denver. Harris, who helped organize the event and has deep roots in the neighborhood, is the executive director of the Five Points Business Improvement District and part-owner of the nearby Spangalang Brewery. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Welton Street Cafe wins $1 million judgment against contractor

By Denver7

March 24, 2026 at 12:54 p.m.

Welton Street Café’s years‑long struggle to rebuild has now culminated in a more than $1...

AURORA, CO - APRIL 21: Arapahoe County SheriffÕs police horse BenelliÕs badge at an event at the Aspen Crossing Elementary School April 21, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

5-year-old Centennial boy allegedly killed by older brother identified

March 24, 2026 at 9:26 a.m.

Arapahoe County authorities on Monday released the name of the 5-year-old boy killed last week,...

19-year-old gets 35 years in prison for murder in Denver shooting

March 23, 2026 at 2:20 p.m.

The fatal shooting happened just after 9 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2025, near the intersection...

Former Douglas County STEM teacher gets 14 years for child sex exploitation

March 22, 2026 at 5:37 p.m.

A former Douglas County teacher was sentenced this month to more than a decade in...

Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center in Golden, Colorado, on Friday, June 14, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado detains hundreds of youths deemed releasable because state has nowhere to place them, lawsuit alleges

March 20, 2026 at 10:07 a.m.

The lawsuit alleges children as young as 10 are being confined to prison-like conditions for...

A view of the 9NEWS KUSA building at 500 East Speer Blvd. on December 18, 2015, in Denver.

FCC approves merger of owners of Denver’s Fox31 and 9News

By David Bauder

March 20, 2026 at 9:43 a.m.

The deal would create a company that owns 265 television stations in 44 states and...

Man arrested on suspicion of murder in suspected Denver road-rage shooting

March 19, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Lavon Ellis Wedgeworth, 44, was arrested Wednesday on investigation of first-degree murder in the Montbello...

U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers stand at the East Security Checkpoint in Denver International Airport on Aug. 4, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Denver airport’s top attorney accuses city officials of misconduct with Key Lime Air, Park Hill Golf Course

March 19, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The Key Lime Air situation was not the first time Everett Martinez, DIA general counsel,...

11-year-old Centennial boy charged with murder in brother’s death

March 17, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

An 11-year-old boy arrested last week on suspicion of killing his 5-year-old brother at their...

The Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

No charges filed in fatal stabbing in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood

March 17, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

Prosecutors declined to file charges against a Denver man who was arrested on suspicion of...

Lone Tree private school says it ‘suffered significant damage’ from bookkeeper

By Justin Wingerter

March 16, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

That lawsuit alleges a long and multifaceted embezzlement scheme that reportedly cost the south metro...

A judge’s gavel rests on a book of law. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Texas man gets 4 years in prison for fatal T-bone crash in Aurora

March 16, 2026 at 10:05 a.m.

A Texas driver who crashed into a car leaving an Aurora dialysis center in 2024,...

Denver man gets 75 years in prison for Facebook Marketplace burglary

March 15, 2026 at 6:21 p.m.

A Denver man who robbed an Aurora woman under the guise of purchasing jewelry from a...

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, front, and anti-ICE protesters, community members and faith leaders rally against federal immigration enforcement practices in front of the Aurora detention center in Aurora, Colorado, on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Federal judge criticizes ICE agents at Denver hearing for not knowing about earlier order limiting arrests

By Seth Klamann

March 11, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

"Those guys were not examples of what we hope ICE officers would know and do...

A photo provided by a family to the immigrant-rights group Voces Unidas shows an ace of spades card that was one of several left in the vehicles of people detained by U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Eagle County, Colorado. (Courtesy Voces Unidas)

ICE agents who left ‘death cards’ in immigrants’ cars removed from field duty, senior official testifies

By Seth Klamann

March 11, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

Gregory Davies, the assistant field office director, testified in federal court that an investigation into...

Lakewood woman murdered in 2025 had been threatened by partner that morning

March 10, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

Two people accused of orchestrating a shooting that killed a woman in Lakewood last year...

Former Colorado public defender convicted of child sex assault

March 9, 2026 at 8:52 a.m.

Thomas Cushing, a former attorney with the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, was...

Colorado man who kidnapped, assaulted teenage girl gets 68 years to life in prison

March 8, 2026 at 11:11 a.m.

Phillip Torres was sentenced Friday to more than six decades in prison for kidnapping and...

Denver police officers investigate the scene of a shooting outside of the Denver Aquarium in Denver on Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Brothers get decades in prison for murder in Denver Downtown Aquarium drive-by shooting

March 7, 2026 at 2:51 p.m.

Two brothers were sentenced to decades in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to second-degree...

Vacationers ride the gondola from the Telluride Ski Resort in Telluride, Colo., on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. The resort was closed at the time due to a ski patrollers trike that lasted 13 days, until Jan. 8, 2026. (William Woody/The New York Times)

Telluride Ski Resort sues town officials, alleging they ‘harassed and pressured’ ownership to sell

By Tiney Ricciardi

March 9, 2026 at 9:26 a.m.

Telluride Ski Resort is suing three current and former elected officials with the towns of...

Former Colorado doctor who started shootout with Florida law enforcement wanted for sexual assault

March 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The former doctor who was arrested Monday after starting a gunfight with U.S. Marshals in...

Dentist James Craig, front, is led past Judge Shay Whitaker after the verdicts and sentence were delivered at his murder trial in district court in Arapahoe County, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Centennial, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool)

Attorney accused of setting own house on fire during high-profile Colorado murder case pleads guilty

March 5, 2026 at 1:21 p.m.

Robert Werking, 60, pleaded guilty to possessing a gun while under the influence of alcohol...

Marian Houk poses for a portrait at her apartment in Westminster on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Houk used a Zynex pain-management device following spinal surgery, and said the Englewood company's overbilling "was relentless and terrifying." (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

How a successful Colorado startup turned into a nearly $1 billion health care fraud scheme

March 6, 2026 at 9:40 a.m.

Zynex served as a Colorado startup success story — a one-man operation turned public company...

Traffic on Interstate 70 near Georgetown, Colo. on Feb. 10, 2017. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)

Man gets 8 years in prison for I-70 joyride with stolen bus in Colorado mountains

March 4, 2026 at 9:26 a.m.

Jared Romelo Brooks, the man who took a stolen bus on a joyride down Interstate...

Colorado man accused of killing wife, staging it as suicide

March 3, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

Ronald Elton Lowry was indicted in February by an Arapahoe County grand jury on charges...

Man gets 42 years in prison for shooting, killing ex-colleague’s wife in Denver

March 3, 2026 at 1:07 p.m.

Ernest Cunningham, a man convicted of murder for shooting a Denver woman in her apartment,...

Fifth-graders from Park Hill Elementary, participated in a mock trial for Goldilocks in a courtroom at the Denver City and County Building in Denver, on May 15, 2024. Acting as judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and jury members, the students showcased their understanding of the legal process while adults observed from the courtroom gallery. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Dispute over evidence continues despite ‘sweetheart’ plea deal in Denver murder case