Some Colorado schools closing, modifying schedules for Wednesday
With strong winds and dry conditions forecast for Wednesday in Colorado, Xcel Energy says it will shut off power in large portions of the Denver metro area along the Front Range in an effort to prevent wildfires.
Survivors sue dating app giant claiming it enabled Colorado rapist’s attacks
A coalition of law firms filed a lawsuit against the dating app Hinge after a Denver cardiologist was convicted of using the app to find, drug and rape women over the span of several years.
A Poisoned Nuclear Site Now a Wildlife Refuge in Colorado
Wikimedia Commons/Federal government of the United States. Fifteen miles northwest of Denver, hikers walk trails through rolling tallgrass prairie with views of the Rocky Mountain Front Range. Elk herds cross the path. Prairie dogs pop up from burrows. It looks like untouched wilderness, and in a way it is. But...
Denver Activists Hijack Road Signs To Decry The Dangers of Automobility
Anti-car pranksters have struck again, this time hacking variable roadside sign in Denver with a simple but memorable message: "Cars Ruin Cities." Last Friday, an anonymous vandal hijacked two billboards in the Mile-High City that are usually devoted to announcing things like traffic delays, reminding state lawmakers...
Jeffco Public Schools parents thank school resource officers with gifts
Those working to keep Jeffco Public Schools safe received a thank you gift Tuesday — a YETI mug with “Jeffco Hero” inscribed on it. Local organization Jeffco Kids First collected over $8,000 in two weeks to create around 200 mugs for the district’s security-based employees. Then 60 volunteers, mostly parents in the...
HCA HealthOne staff surprises elementary students with new bikes
Christmas came early for second graders at Bishop Elementary School in Englewood.
Dental office employees say Amazon driver was behind violent attack
An Amazon delivery driver randomly attacked and badly injured several employees at a dental office, Lakewood police say.
Shuttered Denver Hospital Trades for $60M
E5x Management Inc. purchased the former Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital campus for $60 million with plans to develop a mixed-use project. Lutheran Hospital built a new $650 million facility at 12911 W. 40th Avenue in Wheat Ridge; the location at 8300 W. 38th Avenue is now vacant. The Denver Business...
Medina Alert issued for hit and run vehicle
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has issued a Medina Alert after a hit-and-run crash on Denver's West side.
Denver Public Schools enrollment losses outpace school closures
Enrollment losses in Denver now outpace what school closures alone can address. Denver Public Schools (DPS) Superintendent Alex Marrero is expected to present an update on the district’s enrollment to the board at its meeting this Thursday. During an October count, the district reported an enrollment decline of...
