Colorado hospitals celebrate some of 2026’s first babies
A growing Denver family will have a big head start for their new baby, thanks to Denver Health, and a Castle Rock couple is believed to have had the first baby born in the state.
EDITORIAL: Denver grows its homelessness-industrial complex
Mayor Mike Johnston’s latest pending pratfall on homelessness — having ex-cons staff Denver’s most troubled, city-run homeless hotel — is starting to look even worse. It turns out the San Francisco nonprofit that will employ offenders to run the city’s homeless shelter in the former DoubleTree Hotel at 4040 Quebec...
Missing woman, 82, found alive in the woods after dog kept her warm, deputies...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An 82-year-old woman who went missing in the woods in Oregon was found alive earlier this week, thanks in part to her canine companion, authorities said. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office announced just before 8 p.m. on Monday that search and rescue first-responders were trying to locate Karen...
Colorado bill would require law enforcement obtain a warrant to search Flock database in...
DENVER — Law enforcement may one day need to obtain a warrant in order to search the data collected from license plate readers in Colorado during certain investigations, if a piece of legislation currently being drafted becomes law. That's the goal behind a new bill being introduced this year...
Colorado law meant to reduce prison population hasn’t led to vacancy rate improvements
Colorado lawmakers in 2018 unanimously approved a law that was meant to speed up the release of eligible people behind bars when state prisons got too full. But the law hasn’t worked as intended since it was triggered for the first time in mid-2025. The so-called prison population management measures have barely made...
New year, newborn: Colorado’s New Year’s baby arrives just after midnight
Just moments after the fireworks died down and the champagne stopped pouring, the Denver metro welcomed its first baby of 2026. Eliza was born at AdventHealth Castle Rock at 12:21 a.m. Thursday morning, making her the likely first baby born in the area on the first day of the year, according to a news release […]
Denver homicides declined 48% in 2025
2025 numbers among fewest homicide cases since 1990, police say Homicides are down in Denver by 48% in 2025 compared to the year before, police said, citing the city’s focus on areas where violent crimes have persisted as a reason for the crime reduction. The police said part of that strategy is dismantling criminal...
Tax credits for Coloradans buying an e-bike to drop on January 1
Tax credits for Coloradans buying an e-bike will be cut in half in the new year.
Colorado liquor store cuts prices despite tariffs
Mr. B’s, a family-owned Aurora shop, is lowering wine and spirits prices hit by tariffs, sacrificing margins to keep customers coming back.
Downtown Denver expects record crowds for NYE “the vibrancy is back”
Between the recently completed construction on Denver's 16th Street and the unseasonably warm weather, there could be more people than ever ringing in the New Year in downtown.
