Two Denver Coffee Shops Ranked Among the Best in the World
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Denver Puts Thirsty Lawns On Notice, Calls Neighbors To Turf Talk April 25
Denver is turning up the heat on water‑guzzling lawns and wants residents and developers in the room while it does it. The city is inviting the public to a free Resilient Landscapes symposium on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Confluence Theater on the CSU Spur campus, where officials will walk through a proposed overhaul of Denver’s landscaping rules...
Aurora Police ask for tips in teen’s unsolved homicide
AURORA, Colo. — Aurora police are renewing their call for help in solving the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy months after he was killed following a house party. Investigators say Cayden Mazotti was shot July 20 after a gathering on East Bails Place. When officers arrived, they found multiple spent shell casings from guns of different calibers in the street, according to...
Denver Schools Panel Pushes Bell-To-Bell Cellphone Lockdown On Students
A Denver Public Schools advisory committee has thrown its weight behind a sweeping "bell-to-bell" cellphone crackdown that could keep personal devices out of reach from first bell to last. The recommendation would apply to smartphones, smart watches and non-district earbuds, and would keep personal gadgets inaccessible from the moment students arrive on campus until the final bell rings. There are carve...
County Line Road reopens after 100 days of construction
Crews have raised County Line Road and added drainage to fix a dangerous dip at Lee Gulch. While the road is open, drivers should still expect traffic shifts as work continues.
‘Very rare’ southern bird spotted in Colorado suburb
ARVADA, Colo — Birdwatchers in Colorado are reaching for their binoculars to catch a glimpse of a bird typically found in the southern half of the East Coast. The American white ibis has been spotted hanging out at a retention pond in Arvada. The white ibis is a wetland...
Denver Drivers Hit With Late-Night Red-Light Crackdown
If you are used to cruising through Denver’s main drags on a long stretch of green lights after midnight, that late-night free pass is starting to disappear. Denver traffic engineers have reprogrammed signals on several major streets so that lights keep cycling overnight instead of staying green for long periods. The move forces more stops along key corridors and is aimed squarely at...
New details reveal what led up to deadly Curtis Park shooting
New details are shedding light on a deadly shooting that happened April 9 in the 1100 block of 32nd Street near Curtis Park in Denver.
West Metro Drug Task force seizes MDMA, LSD, ketamine, cocaine, firearms
The West Metro Drug Task Force in Colorado has seized a large quantity of drugs, including thousands of pills, tabs of LSD, and pounds of cocaine and psychedelic mushrooms, along with firearms, and identified one suspect.
Body Found In Denver’s City Park Sparks Mystery Death Probe
Denver police have opened a death investigation in City Park after emergency crews were called to a report of a person down in the park. The department is treating the case as an active death investigation and says officers stayed on scene to sort through what happened. Authorities have not released the person’s name or any other details about the situation.
