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A fresh audit of Denver Public Schools revealed a startling reality: Colorado’s largest school district owes more in long-term debt than it owns in assets. As The Denver Gazette reported last month, the 2024-25 fiscal year audit revealed DPS carries $4.07 billion in long-term liabilities — far greater than the...

If there ought to be a law, it should mandate that real government officials use real science to guide their decisions. Clearly, Colorado state lawmakers see the wisdom in that, and maybe even the hard science, behind such a philosophy. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science will embed four...

In the near future, you can hop in a driverless car and cruise through Denver. Why it matters: The technology promises to reduce vehicle fatalities and crashes, and to increase mobility for people who are elderly, disabled or impaired. State of play: Waymo is preparing to deploy its robotaxis on...

A federal judge declined on Friday to order that Denver permit a longtime police critic to apply to join the board tasked with reviewing officers’ use of force. Regan Benson sought to become one of the two community members on the five-person Use of Force Review Board earlier this year. Command staff who were...

A man booked into jail in Jefferson County last month died in custody at the hospital on Thursday, following an illness.

A proposed pickleball court development at the gravel pit next to Denver’s Civic Center Station is on hold due to budgetary restrictions, city officials confirmed Friday. The project, slated to cost between $3 million and $4 million, has yet to get past the initial planning stages and does not have a hard timeline,...

Technology-assisted policing bore fruit in the suburbs of Denver as Arapahoe sheriff deputies, leveraging a FLOCK alert, homed in on a stolen vehicle, demonstrating the efficiency of digital systems in law enforcement. According to a post from the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office social media account, the event...

Police in Westminster say they've arrested a man in the death of a woman whose body was found at a park.

Authorities in Thornton have made headway in their investigation concerning a theft at the Denver Premium Outlets. The theft, involving a suspect who absconded with a gold necklace from a jewelry store, occurred on Sunday evening. Following an appeal to the public, the Thornton Police Department announced on...

For the past 25 years around Denver’s south metro area, Mike Smith has watched homes, offices and commercial centers rise in open spaces he once viewed from the seat of his bike.  But then there’s what he calls “the heart of Lone Tree.”  To catch the sun rise or set or to ease the stress […]