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One person is dead after a vehicle hit a pedestrian in Denver's Hampden neighborhood Wednesday night. Police first responded to the scene of a crash between a motorist and pedestrian in the area of Parker Road and Havana Street near the border with Aurora just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, the Denver Police Department...

The city released a draft of its Downtown Area Plan this week, outlining big challenges and big ideas for the city’s urban core. The proposal would guide the city through its next two decades, shaping the ongoing efforts to revive the city center and expand downtown along the South Platte River.

A Colorado town is on high alert after a dead cat tested positive for the plague – mere weeks after an Arizona man died from the disease. The domestic cat, which lived in Evergreen, about 30 miles west of Denver, was diagnosed with the plague but did not survive, Jefferson County Public Health officials said. It was...

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Denver City Council member Stacie Gilmore, who once chaired the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee, said Wednesday that the police scare her. The revelation came during a discussion about giving police oversight organizations additional information to do their jobs. “This is heart work for the...

The City and County of Denver, alongside the Downtown Denver Partnership, have laid out a new blueprint for Downtown Denver's future, a plan that positions the area as a hub for not just economic activity but cultural vibrancy and community ties, aiming to create a downtown that's celebrated for generations....

Denver's minimum wage will increase again in 2026, but it won't be as much of an increase as in previous years.

There are many places where I enjoy shopping online. However, every once in a while, I wish that some of these online retailers would have a brick-and-mortar location, just so I can go check things out in person and see what I am getting before patiently awaiting my package's arrival.

A person experiencing homelessness can do a lot with a bus pass. They can get to a job, a doctor’s apartment, or Denver Human Services, for example. They can ride the bus when temperatures are sub-zero to stay warm. For homeless people, buses are a reprieve from the streets. Unlike when warming up in a restaurant,...

Denver is planning to look at the feasibility of nuclear power generation for Denver International Airport.