Meet the Coloradans headed to the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/5 8:59A Joe Nguyen, Nate Peterson

Editor’s note: These capsules highlight the Olympians with Colorado ties. In determining who counted as a Coloradan, we included athletes who attended a Colorado high school or college, as well as...

Family of man killed by Douglas County deputy files wrongful death suit

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/5 1:00A Lauren Penington

The Douglas County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Highlands Ranch arcade last year attacked him “unreasonably and excessively,” according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday by the man’s family. Jalin...

Food Bank of the Rockies launches culinary training program

The Dever Post (Arapahoe County) 2/5 1:00A Meg Wingerter

Food Bank of the Rockies is expanding its job training programs to help clients find culinary jobs that hopefully will keep them from needing the hunger-relief organization s services in the future....

Zyn nicotine packets produced at facility in Aurora

CBS Denver (News) 2/4 1:45A CBS Colorado

Zyn nicotine packets are being produced at what is called a state-of-the-art facility in Aurora.

Man accused of DUI with 3 kids in trunk, Westminster police say

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/4 1:00A Katie Langford

Westminster police found three children in the trunk of a car after pulling over the driver and arresting him on suspicion of drunken driving, officials said Tuesday. The Jan. 23 incident was captured in a video from a Westminster Police...

UCHealth, AdventHealth propose new hospitals at same Broomfield intersection

The Denver Post (Business) 2/3 1:00A Meg Wingerter

Two health systems are proposing campuses off Interstate 25 in Broomfield, raising the possibility of rival hospitals setting up across the street from each other if the City Council approves both. UCHealth is under contract to buy a 110-acre...

Colorado snowplow driver on administrative leave after fatal I-70 crash

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/2 7:57A Lauren Penington

The snowplow driver who lost control last week on Interstate 70 and swerved into oncoming traffic has been placed on administrative leave amid the fatal crash investigation, state officials said. State patrol investigators hope to complete the...

Federal judge again sides with Crow, Neguse in allowing unannounced inspections of ICE facilities

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/2 6:43A Seth Klamann

A federal judge again ordered authorities to grant two Colorado congressmen and their colleagues unannounced access to immigration detention centers Monday. The ruling is the latest blow to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security s monthslong...

Coloradans carry heavy debt loads, and it isn’t financially healthy

The Denver Post (Business) 2/2 1:00A Aldo Svaldi

In a population that prides itself on physical fitness, Colorado residents are financially obese, carrying around the heaviest debt burdens of any state, even pricier ones like California and Hawaii....

Two Denver suburbs eye new oversight of their police departments

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/2 1:00A Shelly Bradbury

Two Front Range cities are eyeing more oversight for their police departments. Lakewood s City Council voted last week  to work toward the establishment of an independent civilian oversight board for the city s police department. And in Aurora,...

18-year-old pedestrian dies after Aurora hit-and-run, police say

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/1 6:04A Lauren Penington

An 18-year-old pedestrian died Saturday after being injured in an Aurora hit-and-run 11 days earlier, police said. Related Articles 2 killed, 3 injured in overnight Denver crashes Snow plow lost control in I-70 crash that killed 1, injured 8,...

Woman shot by Colorado Springs officer while reaching for gun, police say

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/1 5:57A Lauren Penington

A woman shot and injured Saturday night by a Colorado Springs officer is believed to have been reaching for a gun inside a police vehicle, according to the department. Colorado Springs officers responded to a disturbance call about a man chasing...

2 killed, 3 injured in overnight Denver crashes

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/1 4:29A Lauren Penington

Two people died and three others were injured in Denver crashes early Sunday morning, police said. The Denver Police Department posted about the first fatal crash on eastbound Interstate 70 near Tennyson Street at 2:53 a.m. Sunday. The street and...

As Colorado’s wildfire threat grows, Douglas County turns to biochar as ‘next level’ mitigation...

The Denver Post (Weather) 2/1 1:00A John Aguilar

The 10,000 tons of downed trees and woody waste that Douglas County s planned biochar facility will process in a year will mean 10,000 fewer tons of fuel lying in wait to feed Colorado s next...

Washington Park home lists for $9M

The Dever Post 2/1 1:00A Sara Hansen

If Christine Hamilton sells her East Wash Park home for the asking price, she’ll set a new record by $2 million. Hamilton, who sold a 12,000-square-foot Cherry Hills Village mansion for $16 million to Nuggets and Avalanche President Josh Kroenke...