Health officials say Aurora ICE facility blocked staff interviews during probe
The Adams County Health Department said its investigation into reported illness outbreaks at an Aurora ICE detention center was hampered because of continuous delays by the facility's operator.
Who has the best burritos in Denver?
The annual holiday, observed on the first Thursday in April sees some national chains are offering promotions for the occasion. Qdoba rewards members can get a free burrito or bowl with the purchase of an entree and a drink. Chipotle is offering free delivery on digital orders. El Pollo Loco is running a...
DPS ‘opened the door for a mass shooting’ at East High, federal judge says
Injured dean Eric Sinclair’s lawsuit against DPS over 2023 shooting at Denver school is allowed to proceed, a federal judge ruled.
Opinion: Homeless hotel diary: Case manager needs trauma training
When you live in a homeless hotel, how you get along with your case manager matters a lot. A good case manager will help you apply for benefits, obtain food, distribute bus passes, and provide other services they are paid to provide. It’s their job.
Record low snow bodes ill for water in Aurora and the drought-stricken West
WALDEN | Colorado hydrologist Maureen Gutsch trudged through the mud and slush to confirm a grim picture: The state just had its worst snowpack since statewide record keeping began in 1941. Even more troubling, mountain snow accumulations peaked a month early and contained just half the average moisture. As a...
How are golf courses staying so green despite water restrictions?
After Denver7 received several emails with questions about how golf courses will operate this summer, Denver7's Tyler Melito took those questions to Denver Golf's Director of Agronomy.
EDITORIAL: Aurora, state water policies need to reflect reality not a green mirage
Colorado has long sold itself as a land of abundance, with sweeping green lawns, lush parks, tree-lined suburbs and emerald golf courses set against a backdrop of snowcapped peaks. That image is, and always has been, a carefully engineered illusion. Colorado is not a green state. It is a green...
Denver delays scooter contract again, council questions process and last-minute changes
DENVER — Denver city officials on Wednesday again postponed a decision on a plan to overhaul the city’s scooter and e-bike system, as council members raised concerns about transparency, timing and recent changes to the proposed contract. The proposal would replace current operators, Lime and Bird, with a...
Woman sentenced for hit-and-run that killed man on shoulder of I-25
DENVER — A woman who pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from a hit-and-run that killed a man who was changing a tire will avoid prison time. Marisol Infante, 30, was sentenced to six years in community corrections Thursday after pleading guilty in February to vehicular homicide-reckless driving, court records show....
Scavenging for sport: How Trash Panda turns waste plastic into disc golf discs
Jesse Stedman has a diversion project underway in south Denver. Plastics that might have been labeled as waste and thrown into a dumpster are instead being refashioned and thrown into a disc golf basket. Stedman started playing disc golf in 2008, as a ninth grader in Northern California. Over time,...
