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Denver: Where there’s alcohol, no pot allowed

DENVER – Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption said the ruling would overturn a law approved by voter...

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Organizers going ahead with Denver PrideFest

DENVER – Organizers of Denver’s PrideFest, which holds a parade and rally that has attracted hundreds of thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in past years, are going a...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Public asked help track Colorado wildlife

App especially attractive to birdwatchers

DATE: Dec 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Climbers launch plan to replace old equipment

DENVER – They have popular names like Dome Rock, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain National Park and Joshua Tree, and they all have one problem in common that seasoned rock climbers call a “ticking t...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Flight from Vegas to Germany diverted to Denver

DENVER – An international flight from Las Vegas to Frankfurt, Germany, made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport escorted by two F-16 fighter jets Friday night after what off...

DATE: Aug 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report paints bleak picture of Denver jails

DENVER – The safety of inmates and deputies in Denver jails is at risk because of problems at nearly every level of the Sheriff’s Department, according to a report that the mayor ordered aft...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hit-and-run driver races past runners

DENVER – A hit-and-run driver slammed through a barricade for the Colfax Marathon on Sunday and raced past runners on the opposite side of the highway, narrowly missing pedestrians and leavi...

DATE: May 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury selection in theater shooting going faster than planned

CENTENNIAL – The judge overseeing the Aurora theater shooting case says jury selection is going so well that the first phase will be cut short by several days. Judge Carlos A. Sam...

DATE: Feb 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chaplain: Denver-area church rejected gay memorial service

DENVER – Family and friends of a recently deceased gay woman are upset after a Denver-area church that was about to host her memorial service refused to show a video that included images of ...

DATE: Jan 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Obama’s immigration order leaves doubts

Man in U.S. illegally since 1999 waits in basement for clarity

DATE: Nov 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Should our area’s schools start resorting to this?

Students placed in isolated rooms as alternative to expulsion

DATE: Oct 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Feds: Quray mine warned before accident

DENVER – Federal mine inspectors say operators were warned numerous times of potential danger at the Revenue-Virginius Mine days before two men died of carbon-monoxide poisoning in 2013. ...

DATE: Oct 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News