West Metro Fire chief warns of funding shortfall as department sends crews to help...
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — West Metro Fire Rescue says it is being stretched thin as wildfires continue to burn across Colorado, with the department's chief saying funding has not kept pace with growing demand for emergency services. Fire Chief Jeremy Metz said crews from the West Metro Fire Protection District...
Denver’s oldest restaurant is still serving up fan favorite dishes as part of Colorado’s...
DENVER — As Colorado celebrates its 150th anniversary as a state in 2026, Denver7 has been celebrating the people and places that make the state so special. One of those places is one of the state's oldest restaurants, and the oldest restaurant in Denver: Buckhorn Exchange. Located on Osage...
A few afternoon storms with high temperatures in the 90s
Afternoon high temperatures near 90 degrees today with a few scattered storms. Dry, hot air settles in for Colorado this weekend and next week.
Denver homeowner swapped a 32-year-old AC and furnace and cut electricity use by 36%
"I don't know how much is due to heat pump versus comparable current generation AC."
On the road with Futurebirds
Futurebirds have a 7 p.m. dinner reservation at Casa Bonita. The band is packed into a van driving through Kansas, having played a sold-out show in Kansas City the previous night. It’s 2 p.m., nothing but plains as far as the eye can see — who knows, Dorothy’s house might...
8 Sea Monsters That Once Swam Above Modern Colorado
It is wildly strange to imagine that the air above Denver’s skyscrapers was once a warm, shallow sea packed with gigantic, sharp‑toothed reptiles. Yet for millions of years during the Late Cretaceous, roughly the time of the last dinosaurs on land, much of what is now Colorado lay beneath the Western Interior Seaway, a
Littleton property goes from country club vibe to clutter: Residents
A group of longtime Littleton residents is upset that a neighborhood clubhouse property has turned into a house of horrors.
Marrero’s gamesmanship an insult to DPS board, public | Jimmy Sengenberger
Leave it to Denver Public Schools’ superintendent to apply for top jobs in two of the nation’s largest school districts, fail yet again, then declare himself “unapologetically committed” to the students he tried to leave — while engineering a paid exit from DPS. Superintendent Alex Marrero’s face is covered in egg. O
Controversial Crowsnest project to seek approval through Douglas County
A controversial proposed development saga in Douglas County, Colorado, has been reignited.
6 New Electric Buses in Colorado Double as Backup Batteries for Denver Area Power...
A Colorado town’s new electric school bus fleet also doubles as a backup battery to help out during peak power demand. Charging at night, using power to pick up, drop off, and then drop off children again, the buses would normally sit at their charging stations until daybreak calls them out again.
