Denver CO

So called ‘meth alarms’ now wail when drug users light up in public bathroom stalls. One of the alarms went off this week at Englewood City Hall as homeless advocate Regan Benson was videotaping inside. The janitor set the alarm off. Benson called the shrieking alarm a “meth alarm.”

It was fun...sometimes too much fun...while it lasted. But in the next few weeks, the remaining walls of the Carioca Cafe — better known to lovers of dive bars everywhere as "Bar Bar," winner of Westword's Best Dive Bar award in 2023 — will come tumbling down. "I...

A student at East High School in Denver was placed in handcuffs after a gun was found in his bag, according to Denver Public Schools.

DENVER — A state-owned parking lot sitting across the street from the Colorado Governor’s Mansion could soon be redeveloped into affordable housing. The state’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Collaboration Unit recently issued a call for development proposals for the half-acre lot at East 8th Avenue and Logan Street.

An 18-year-old was arrested on Monday after police tracked him going almost 60 mph above the speed limit.

Over the weekend, an Aurora, Colorado, police officer shot and killed an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop that had gone awry. Now, police officials are scrambling to quell public outrage over the incident, claiming the officer shot the man because he was moving towards a gun that he had tossed on the ground...

A sleek mountain lion prowling through suburban neighborhoods near Denver recently turned a quiet stretch of homes into the kind of wildlife drama most folks only see on TV. The big cat, weighing an estimated 70 kilograms (150 pounds), was spotted multiple times lurking near parks, sidewalks, and even driveways—close...

An oversized load struck an overpass on Interstate 70 westbound at Highway 58 in Wheat Ridge on Wednesday, causing delays.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - A man has been arrested nearly two years after his alleged involvement in a fatal shooting in Denver. On August 29, the FBI Denver Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and the Denver Police Department arrested double homicide suspect Matthew Johnson in north Denver. According to...

Serial killer Alex Ewing isn't nearly as famous as the country's most well-known, who include Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy, but the notorious murderer certainly committed atrocious crimes before being caught, including multiple that took place in Colorado. Colorado's Forgotten Serial Killer's First...