Colorado lawmakers stave off cuts to program serving young children with disabilities

The Dever Post 4/8 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Colorado lawmakers grappling with a $1.2 billion budget shortfall have managed to find enough money to stave off deep cuts at least for now to a program that provides therapeutic care to young children with developmental delays and disabilities....

Gun found in Colorado elementary school student's backpack; lockdown lifted

CBS Denver (News) 3/28 10:01A Michael Abeyta

It was a scary morning for some parents and students when staff at Arrowhead Elementary School in Aurora found a loaded gun in a student's backpack. The Aurora Police Department said the student was contacted after they received a report of a...

Arrowhead Elementary in Aurora briefly locked down after student brings gun to school

The Dever Post (Arapahoe County) 3/28 6:00A Max Levy

An Arrowhead Elementary School student was caught showing off a firearm to friends Friday morning, causing a brief lockdown at the school, according to Aurora police. Officers responded to the school at about 8:26 a.m. after another student...

Denver NWSL team announces plans for training facility, stadium in Centennial

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/27 9:43A Kyle Newman

CENTENNIAL When Centennial purchased an undeveloped 43-acre property at the intersection of South Potomac Street and East Fremont Avenue in 2011, the city s vision was to transform the parcel into a...

Lakewood man hospitalized, suspected of shooting at Aurora officers during police chase

The Denver Post (Crime) 3/26 8:23A Lauren Penington, Katie Langford

A Lakewood man is being investigated for the attempted murder of Aurora police officers after he shot at them during a 13-mile chase across the metro early Wednesday morning. The chase started at around 1:32 a.m. when officers responded to reports...

2 injured in Aurora police chase that ended with flipped truck

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/26 8:23A Lauren Penington

Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a truck flipped during a police chase involving Aurora officers on southbound Interstate 25, police said. Aurora officers responded at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a menacing...

How to regain RTD riders? Transit advocates push $4.2 billion plan to run buses every 15 minutes

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/26 2:00A Bruce Finley

Colorado public transit advocates on Tuesday unveiled a plan requiring $4.2 billion over the next decade to boost the ridership of metro Denver’s Regional Transportation District buses based on a simple principle: run them every 15 minutes....

Broncos NFL draft prospect tracker: Denver has met with several late-round WR targets

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/25 7:36A Luca Evans

In February, Broncos head coach Sean Payton described his franchise s roster as a puzzle, built through subsequent free-agency and NFL draft windows. This particular puzzle takes roughly two months to...

Leader of Denver’s “Few But Plenty” gang pleads guilty to murder conspiracy in rash of drive-by...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/24 9:14A Katie Langford

The leader of a Denver gang linked to dozens of drive-by shootings pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and violating the state’s organized crime act, the district attorney’s office announced Monday. Phillip Serapio Baca was one of the...

Lawmakers stare down long-term cuts as Colorado runs into TABOR’s hard spending cap

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/24 2:00A Nick Coltrain

Half a million dollars for marijuana growing efficiency? Cut. Thirty-eight million dollars for school bus electrification? Cut. Seventy-two million dollars to promote alternate transportation? Cut. And so on. Dollar by dollar, through programs...

Judge allows struggling LoDo restaurant to rebrand as La Loma

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/22 2:00A Justin Wingerter

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Caldero, an unsuccessful restaurant in McGregor Square, can rebrand as La Loma after the ex-wife of La Loma’s owner won it in a divorce. “Renee Brinkerhoff went...

Dean shot at East High School in 2023 sues DPS over “nightmare that could have been prevented”

The Dever Post 3/21 8:53A Jessica Seaman

An administrator injured in the 2023 shooting inside East High School sued Denver Public Schools this week, alleging Colorado’s largest district failed to provide adequate training on student searches and knew the shooter “had an affinity for...

Woman dies in Bruce Randolph Street shooting in north Denver

The Dever Post 3/21 8:35A Katie Langford

A woman shot in north Denver late Thursday night has died and police are now investigating the case as a homicide, authorities said Friday morning. Denver Police Department officers responded to a shooting in the 2200 block of East Bruce Randolph...

CU regent decries “public lynching” after board seeks probe of efforts to cut funding to marijuana...

The Dever Post (Politics) 3/20 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

The University of Colorado s Board of Regents is launching an independent investigation into one of its own, Regent Wanda James, after the dispensary owner pushed to cut state funding from a CU campaign to educate youth about the risks of...

What’s at stake in Colorado’s school-funding fight as teachers descend on Capitol

Denver Post (Colorado Legislature) 3/20 2:00A Jessica Seaman

When teachers rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday, the message they intend to bring to Gov. Jared Polis and legislators scrambling to fill a $1.2 billion shortfall is this: Stop using money for K-12 schools to balance the state’s...