No more scrolling at lunch: Officials from 3 Colorado school districts discuss their cellphone...
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. Before a ban on cellphones, Jill Haffley said her classroom “was like Vegas.” “The cellphones were lighting up all the time,” said Haffley, who was a teache
Armed Chaos at 43rd and Mariposa Ends With Denver Cops Nabbing Suspect
Police responded Tuesday to a disturbance involving a person armed with a weapon near 43rd Avenue and Mariposa Street in north Denver, and officers later took a suspect into custody, according to the Denver Police Department. Details were scarce in the initial announcement, and the investigation is still underway. What
Smoke seen for miles as fire breaks out at Arvada home
Huge plumes of smoke could be seen for miles Wednesday after a fire broke out in the garage of an Arvada home.
Colorado nonprofit bringing Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo to town for fundraiser
Pepper's Senior Dog Sanctuary brings legendary Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo to Pepper 'Em with Love Gala.
U.S. Department of Energy Approves Xcimer’s Fusion Power Plant Preconceptual Design and Technology Roadmap...
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 10, 2026-- Xcimer Energy today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has formally approved the company’s preconceptual design and technology development roadmap milestone for Athena, Xcimer’s architecture for fusion power plants. This press release features multimedia. View the
Is city fishing safe? Yes, experts say, but there are updated guidelines to follow.
DENVER - When he was young, Javier Refuerzo and his little brother used to fish through holes in the floor of City Park's bandshell gazebo. And when his wriggling carp were too large to pull through the 3 to 4-inch openings, he'd cut them loose. "There were a few kids...
Lithium-ion battery catches fire while charging in an Aurora garage
Firefighters in Colorado say a lithium-ion battery caught fire while it was charging in a garage.
Man wedged girlfriend into narrow, 4-foot-wide space between buildings and got rid of all...
A Colorado man is accused of wedging his girlfriend's body into a narrow, 4-foot-wide space between buildings and removing all of her belongings from his home after she died under suspicious circumstances. Brandon Mumma, 41, faces one count of tampering with a deceased human body and one count of tampering...
‘A bad choice’: Man says Choice Home Warranty left him stuck with the bill
Aurora man says his “platinum” home warranty denied key repairs, leaving him out thousands of dollars, part of a national pattern and a big attorney general settlement in Arizona.
Denver students face ‘bell-to-bell’ ban on cellphones
Starting next school year, Denver students will not be able to use their cellphones during school hours. The Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education unanimously passed a “bell-to-bell” ban Monday after a third reading. “Policies like this succeed not because of enforcement alone, but because people trust the adu

















