New fire starts in Colorado, burning along Front Range mountainside
A new wildfire has started burning on a mountainside about 1/2-mile north of the North Fork of the South Platte River, and 1/4-mile west of Foxton Road. According to a Facebook post from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the fire is burning in a remote area and there are no evacuations ordered at this time. The...
Police investigating deadly hit-and-run crash that killed bicyclist in Denver
A person is dead after a hit-and-run crash in northwestern Denver on Monday night.
Families kicked out of Denver homeless shelter over phone charger
Two families have been kicked out of one of the city’s family shelters in a snafu over a phone charger. According to an emailed statement from Housekeys Action Network Denver, or HAND, a homeless advocacy group, a teenage guest entered another guest’s room when her phone charger broke. It is against the rules for any...
Colorado Attorney General sues Mesa Co. deputy for illegally sharing info with ICE, leading...
According to the state investigation, Zwinck provided his location to the federal immigration officers in the chat and then stalled Dias Goncalves for at least five minutes, asking her about her national origin, her accent, and where she was from.
Ex-elections clerk Tina Peters asks for unprecedented release amid appeal
DENVER (CN) — A former Colorado elections clerk convicted of violating her duties for leaking voting machine data asked a federal magistrate judge on Tuesday to facilitate her release on bond pending her state appeal. According to the research of Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak, however, no federal court...
Colorado Del Taco locations reopen with new features, menu items
Del Taco has reopened a handful of its locations in Colorado after a sudden months-long closure.
Denver grand jury indicts pastor, wife in $3.4 million cryptocurrency scam
A Denver grand jury indicted a pastor and his wife on 40 felony charges connected to an alleged cryptocurrency scheme claimed to have been sparked by divine intervention. The jury indicted Eligio "Eli" and Kaitlyn Regalado this month on the charges — including racketeering, theft and securities fraud — following an...
City of Englewood makes initial improvements to long-criticized drinking water
Denver7 is following up with Englewood Utilities on projects to improve water taste and hardness. Officials told us more such projects are planned for the future.
Firefighters put out garage blaze, Tesla burned, following reports of explosion
Crews with Adams County Fire Rescue extinguished a blaze that began in the garage of a home in the 6700 block of Morrison Drive Tuesday morning, following reports of an explosion.
Littleton group collects enough signatures to force public vote on housing ‘density’ proposal
A Littleton group has collected enough signatures to force a vote on the city's proposal to allow multiplexes, duplexes and similar housing options in communities zoned for single-family homes. Critics of the push for housing "density" argue that it would change the character of single-family home neighborhoods,...
