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DENVER — A man has been sentenced after firing shots at an officer who was responding to the scene of a double fatal shooting in January. Fabian Vasquez, 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault - threatening a peace officer with a weapon and was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison, court documents say.

A beloved and internationally known 32-year-old Sumatran orangutan was humanely euthanized surrounded by the people who loved him most at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance.

Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas on Tuesday didn't mince words about an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ad that has recently aired on local TV stations targeting local officers for recruitment. What they're saying: "I think that that's a terrible job for terrible pay," Thomas told Axios Denver after presenting his...

Margaret Montano was flooded with memories as she approached the Federal Theatre on Friday night, stepping inside to see a show there for the first time in at least 45 years. This was an important hangout for her in her teenage years, back when it was a dollar movie theater. She and her friends came from across the...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Three Denver high school campuses have temporary police officers after their full-time officers asked last week to be reassigned, a Denver Police...

The case involving the father of the 14-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a man last summer has been pushed back again. Steven Marquez appeared in a Denver District courtroom Monday morning for an arraignment, not represented by a defense attorney. He asked Judge Jay Grant for discovery in his son’s case to...

Between Denver's minimum wage, and rising costs, the family just can't keep the cafe open.

Security cameras captured a rogue baby squirrel running through the FOX31 station hallways near the parking garage, with part of the news crew in tow.

A Douglas County sheriff's deputy spotted a car driving on the shoulder of I-25 while it was bumping into the median.

Here's one idea to revive downtown Denver: a 500-foot-tall Ferris wheel. State of play: Dubbed the "Rocky Mountain Eye," the glass-encased cabins would carry as many as 25 passengers high above the city with epic views of downtown and the mountains. The proposed location is 16th Street between Commons Park...