Downtown Mexican Restaurant Reopens on 16th Street
Otra Vez Cantina, the Mexican joint that opened on what was then the 16th Street Mall back in 2017 and took a very long pandemic break, is finally back. During its soft opening over the weekend, Otra Vez enjoyed a literal warm welcome, with the garage-door front open wide as guests invited or not strolled in off...
How much snow fell in Colorado over the weekend?
Many Coloradans across the Front Range and Denver metro area woke up Sunday morning to several inches of snow after a warm Saturday.
Cover All Meltdown: Denver Pols Plot Cuts As Costs Go Off The Rails
What was pitched as a modest expansion of Colorado's safety net has quickly turned into a budget headache. Colorado's Cover All Coloradans health program, created to extend Medicaid-style benefits to children and pregnant people regardless of immigration status, has ballooned in use and spending since it went live on...
Mystery Midnight Hum Rattles Aurora Reservoir Neighbors Over Fracking Fears
Sleep has become optional for some families near Aurora Reservoir, where a sudden, low droning sound has started cutting through the quiet overnight. Neighbors say the hum is new, unnerving, and likely tied to nearby fracking operations associated with the Lowry Ranch project. A homeowner's audio file captured the...
Facebook Jewelry Deal Turns Aurora Home Into Crime Scene, Denver Man Gets 75 Years
A Facebook Marketplace jewelry sale in Aurora ended with a decades-long prison sentence for a Denver man, after a jury found he turned an online listing into a violent home invasion while two children were inside the apartment. Frayer Contreras-Gafaro, 24, was sentenced to 75 years in prison after what prosecutors...
Last call at the Dark Horse: After 51 years, a Boulder institution closes its...
On Saturday afternoon, the line stretched outside the weathered building on Baseline Road, past the parking lot and toward the sidewalk. Some had driven in from out of state. Others had grown up coming here. Many simply wanted one last look. After 51 years, the World Famous Dark Horse Bar...
Colorado teen found safe after going missing for 2 days
LITTLETON, Colo. (KKTV) - UPDATE (3/16): A 14-year-old girl has been found safe after going missing for more than 48 hours. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday afternoon that Zoe Jiminez had been located. There had been fears the teen was a danger to herself. __________________. PREVIOUS: A...
Denver ‘Courier’ Scammers Hit Resident For Nearly $2K, Police Warn
Denver police are sounding the alarm about a slick "credit card courier" scam after a local resident was hit for nearly $2,000. Investigators say a caller used detailed personal information to sound official, then arranged for someone to show up at the victim's home to collect an "old" debit card. Only later did the...
Denver ripe for migrant mental health crisis
The author used artificial intelligence in the crafting of this article. Denver may be facing a mental health crisis among its migrant community as evidence mounts showing newcomers from south of the border and Asia won’t seek help for conditions like depression and psychosis and often don’t have access to mental...
Littwin: Denver Post to City: Drop Dead
It’s bad enough what the vulture capitalists at Alden Global Capital have done to the Denver Post, to its readers and to journalism as we once knew it. But Alden, the rapacious hedge fund that owns/decimates newspapers across the country, including not a few across Colorado, hasn’t stopped there.
