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FBI: Operation Summer Heat nets arrests, drug seizures in Colorado and Wyoming

The FBI Denver Field Office announced Tuesday that it played a key role in Operation Summer Heat, a nationwide initiative targeting violent crime this past summer.
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EDITORIAL: Let Aurora’s ‘tough love’ lead the way

Conventional wisdom holds that Colorado’s chronically homeless live on the streets by chance rather than choice; that cruel fate beyond their control upended their lives. But plain old common sense tells us that, for many of them, that’s in fact not the case. Particularly the many who are in the throes of addiction,...
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Denver homeless coalition CEO earned $335,000 in 2024, revenues neared $117 million, Form 990...

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless brought in almost $117 million in revenue in 2024 and paid its CEO, Britta Fisher, $335,000, according to its Form 990. The federal government requires non-profits to file the 990, which they must make public. The Coalition’s revenue in 2024 surpassed 2023 revenue by about $13...
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Opinion: Why do homeless people frequently disappear?

The author used artificial intelligence in the crafting of this story. Here one day, gone the next. It’s a common reality among people experiencing homelessness. One day the guy in the coffee line at the church just suddenly disappears. He might be gone for a week, a month, a year, or never to be seen again. I often...
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Commerce City to create ordinance for illegal use of ATVs, e-bikes, dirt bikes

It happens on city streets, sidewalks, and park paths; residents, particularly teens, are using ATVs, e-bikes and dirt bikes in an unsafe way.
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Driving you Crazy: What’s with the poles along Wadsworth between 35th and 36th?

Alissa from Denver writes, “What’s driving you crazy? What are these posts? In the what feels like 15 years of construction on Wadsworth between 35 and 36th, these popped up over a year ago...
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Federal food stamp funding for Colorado is being slashed. Voters will decide whether state...

On a Tuesday morning in early September, Westminster food pantry Growing Home was packed. The place is set up like a small, well-stocked grocery store, and a constant stream of people moved through the aisles. One of them, 66-year-old Geena Wissman, was relieved as she looked over the items in her cart.
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Englewood police shoot suspect who allegedly tried to stab Denny’s employee, injured officer

A suspect is in the hospital and will eventually face charges after an Englewood police officer shot him when he charged at and stabbed another officer at a Denny's just after midnight Monday.
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Cheyenne Man Breaks Wyoming State Record With 2,085-Pound Pumpkin

While huge pumpkins were being weighed and dropped in Worland on Saturday, a new Wyoming state record for the largest pumpkin ever produced in the Cowboy State was set that same day in Colorado. And the growers couldn't be more deflated. Andy and Amy Corbin’s latest pumpkin project tipped the...
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Could This Bizarre Colorado Amusement Park Story Be True?

A bizarre story that allegedly took place at a Colorado amusement park involving a man eating a live chicken has been making its rounds on social media lately.

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