For thousands of Coloradans, polar plunges mean ‘freezing for a reason’

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 1/1 1:00A Katie Langford

Why would anyone with an ounce of self-preservation jump into a frigid body of water in the middle of a Colorado winter wearing nothing but a bathing suit or silly costume? For thousands of Coloradans...

Conspiracy theorist-podcaster joins crowded GOP race for Colorado governor, but will candidacy ‘go...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/31 1:00A Seth Klamann

A conservative podcaster who s trumpeted false election conspiracies and called for the execution of political rivals, including Gov. Jared Polis, has formally joined the Republican race to become Colorado s next governor . Joe Oltmann, who filed...

Plans submitted to convert 11-story Holiday Inn in Denver into housing

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/31 1:00A Jessica Alvarado Gamez

An 11-story Holiday Inn could soon trade short-term stays for long-term living, as Dallas-based hospitality and multifamily firm Premier Design to Completion has submitted plans to the city to convert...

New Colorado family tax credits cut child poverty by nearly 41%. Can the state afford to keep them...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/31 1:00A Nick Coltrain

Middle- and lower-income Coloradans, especially those with children, will receive tax credits worth thousands of dollars when they file their taxes in 2026. But whether those tax breaks continue to...

Denver health systems are adding more than $800 million in new hospital floors, clinics

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/31 1:00A Meg Wingerter

Denver s major health systems went into expansion mode in 2025, adding more than three-quarters of a billion dollars worth of new towers, urgent care centers and outpatient clinics. The health-care...

Colorado’s most heartbreaking brewery closures of 2025

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/31 1:00A Tiney Ricciardi

There’s no sugarcoating it: 2025 was a pretty tumultuous year for Colorado’s beer industry. More than 40 breweries closed statewide this year, according to the Colorado Brewers Guild . That number is...

No injuries in Aurora house fire

CBS Denver (News) 12/30 7:23A CBS Colorado

An early morning fire in the 400 block of North Zion Street left fire, smoke, and water damage to the basement and first floor of the home, but no one was injured, according to Aurora Fire Rescue.

Aurora police assisting Buckley Space Force Base personnel as safety cordon established

CBS Denver (News) 12/29 9:00A Austen Erblat

Emergency responders from the U.S. Space Force and the Aurora Police Department are at the scene of a building at Buckley Space Force Base, and a 1,000-foot safety cordon has been set up around an...

Hundreds of flights delayed at Denver airport ahead of New Year’s Eve

The Dever Post 12/29 8:43A Lauren Penington

More than 300 flights headed in and out of Denver International Airport on Monday failed to leave the gate on time as the busy holiday travel season continued nationwide. As of 1:40 p.m. Monday, 310 flights had been delayed and 10 had been...

Man killed in crash southeast of Denver, closing Colorado 86

The Dever Post (Douglas County) 12/29 6:30A Lauren Penington

A man died Monday morning in Elbert County after swerving into oncoming traffic on Colorado 86, according to the state patrol. Colorado State Patrol troopers responded at 6:36 a.m. Monday to the fatal crash on the state highway, about seven miles...

Teenage suspect in fatal Aurora shooting dies in Denver

The Dever Post 12/29 4:59A Lauren Penington

A teenage person of interest in the shooting death of another Aurora teen killed himself in Denver last week, police said. Aurora investigators learned on Christmas that the 17-year-old boy, who police are not identifying because of his age, had...

Five Colorado music moments that provided chills in 2025

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/29 1:00A Miguel Otárola

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites . Each week, we give our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and...

Once a month, parents of Colorado homicide victims gather to heal

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/29 1:00A Shelly Bradbury

The first time Katy Uhl walked out of a meeting with the Parents of Murdered Children support group, she was certain she would never go back. Her son, Evan Wissing , was killed in Lakewood just a...

In a former church, the Denver Police Brotherhood Gym uses boxing to cultivate a community beacon

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/28 1:00A Kyle Newman

Jesus Vasquez Jr. won t ever forget his bloody-nose humbling. Brothers Jesus Vasquez Jr and Eduardo Vasquez talk at the Denver Police Brotherhood Youth Boxing club on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Both...

Landlocked Colorado’s seaplane enthusiasts want fewer takeoff and landing restrictions on state...

The Denver Post (Business) 12/28 1:00A John Aguilar

The Icon A5 seaplane is a sleek amphibious machine. Unfold the carbon-fiber composite wings from the body, tilt them horizontally, rip the 100-horsepower Rotax engine and you re good to go. Except...