12 of Denver’s best New Year’s Eve parties and concerts to ring in 2026

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/17 1:00A Tiney Ricciardi, John Wenzel

The year is coming to a close, and that calls for a celebration. Parties abound on New Year’s Eve in Denver, whether you’re looking for a fancy night on the town, a concert or something to do with...

Aurora teenager arrested in fatal shooting

The Denver Post (Crime) 12/16 1:00A Bruce Finley

Aurora Police on Monday announced they have arrested a 17-year-old boy in the November shooting death of a 22-year-old man . Police arrested the boy, who is not being identified because he is a minor, on charges of first-degree murder after...

Colorado Supreme Court arsonist gets 8 years prison time

The Dever Post 12/15 8:13A Lauren Penington, Katie Langford

The Arizona man who caused millions in damage to the Colorado Supreme Court building last year was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Brandon Olsen shot out one of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center’s first-floor windows and broke...

Westbound I-70 closed in Arapahoe County for semitrailer crash

The Dever Post (Arapahoe County) 12/15 7:22A Lauren Penington

Westbound Interstate 70 was closed Monday in Arapahoe County for a crash involving two semitrailers, according to the sheriff s office. As of 12:15 p.m. Monday, westbound I-70 was closed at exit 328 for Deer Trail, according to the Colorado...

Kids left without representation in Colorado immigration court after federal funding cuts

The Dever Post 12/15 1:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

When a Denver immigration judge asked a little boy no more than 5 years old if he had an attorney, the boy s brother, just a couple of years older, stepped forward and held his hand, volunteering for the task. That scene is burned into Emily Brock...

1 dead, 4 injured in northwest Denver crashes overnight

The Dever Post 12/14 4:51A Lauren Penington

One person died and four others were injured overnight in three northwest Denver crashes, according to the police department. The Denver Police Department first posted about the fatal crash near West 42nd Street and Federal Boulevard at 3:14 a.m....

Broken semitruck closes southbound E-470 exit to I-70 near Aurora

The Dever Post (Aurora) 12/13 4:59A Katie Langford

Access to Interstate 70 from southbound E-470 near Aurora will be closed for an extended period of time today after a tractor-trailer carrying windmill parts broke down on the highway. The semi-truck’s trailer was hauling drivetrain components for...

Driver arrested in Lakewood school bus crash involving wrestling team

The Dever Post 12/13 1:00A Katie Langford

The driver accused of crashing into a school bus carrying a Mesa County wrestling team , sending 16 people to the hospital, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of vehicular assault and other charges, according to Lakewood police. Andrew Logan...

Colorado to expand free recycling pickup statewide, adding service to 700,000 homes

The Dever Post 12/13 1:00A Noelle Phillips

Colorado owns one of the worst recycling rates in the United States, but state leaders and environmentalists hope a new program to expand free recycling services across the state will improve that poor ranking. The Colorado Department of Public...

Denver Health reopens idled beds for first-in-Colorado combined mental-physical unit

The Dever Post 12/13 1:00A Meg Wingerter

Denver Health plans to reopen 12 idled psychiatric beds on Monday, forming a new unit for people who need hospital-level care for mental and physical conditions at the same time. Funding from the sales tax that Denver voters approved last year...

Aurora jail officer broke inmate’s arm during fight, officials say

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/12 8:50A Katie Langford

An officer at the Aurora Detention Center is accused of breaking a man’s arm while restraining him after the man punched another officer as he was being booked into the jail, city officials said Friday. Officer Christopher Freitas, 41, is facing...

Is DOJ investigation of Colorado prisons an honest probe or political stunt? Colorado industry...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/12 7:15A Sam Tabachnik

Colorado criminal justice advocates are viewing the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the state s adult prisons and juvenile detention centers with a healthy dose of skepticism, hoping the Trump administration will conduct a thorough...

Colorado regulators sued over delayed air-pollution permits for Cargill meat plant

The Denver Post (Environment) 12/12 1:00A Noelle Phillips

An environmental group sued Colorado s air-pollution regulators Thursday for failing to issue a timely permit to Cargill Meat Solutions, which operates a large slaughterhouse and packing facility in Fort Morgan that releases tons of harmful...

Pedestrian killed in Lakewood crash on Kipling Parkway, police say

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/11 3:25A Lauren Penington

A pedestrian was killed Thursday in a Lakewood crash near Smith Reservoir, police said. Lakewood officers responded to the fatal crash at S. Kipling Parkway and W. Jewell Avenue Thursday morning, according to a 6:48 a.m. post from the police...

1 killed, 1 injured in Westminster fire

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 12/11 1:52A Lauren Penington

One person died and another was injured Tuesday evening when a fire sparked in southern Westminster, near the Denver-Boulder turnpike, fire officials said. Westminster firefighters responded to the residential fire near W. 80th Avenue and Wolff...