Adams County closes human services at Aurora Service Center, directs residents to other locations
Adams County is moving human services out of the Aurora Service Center, 3155 Chambers Road, and directing people who need those services to various other county locations starting Jan. 1. Services like food and medical assistance, EBT card issuance and employment and workforce programs are available at other...
Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier
Anna Maria Santiago, Michigan State University and Iris Margetis, Michigan State University. High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol and tobacco, according to our recent study. In the U.S., approximately 2 in 10 adolescents between...
Denver police offering reward in 2014 homicide information
The Denver Police Department is still searching for information in a homicide that occurred nearly 11 years ago. The department is offering up to $2,000 to tipsters able to provide information regarding the murder of 33-year-old Toshio Gilmore that occurred on Dec. 31, 2014, according to a Monday release. Gilmore,...
New ingredient-focused restaurant to open in former Fruition on 6th Avenue
A new restaurant with an ingredient-focused seasonal menu is set to open in the spring at the space of the former Fruition Restaurant on 6th Avenue in Denver.
Red Rocks was best-attended amphitheater and second-best-attended U.S. venue
With over 1.75 million paid fans at 236 events this year, Red Rocks was the best-attended amphitheatre in the U.S., and the second-highest attended music venue in the U.S. after Madison Square Garden in New York.
“We All Hunger for Old-School Denver Restaurants”
Even as we savor the good times we had at long-gone restaurants, we report on fresh closures. This year, we finally got confirmation that Benny’s really isn’t coming back, and we said goodbye to longtime favorites like Fruition, Lao Wang Noodle House, Mercury Cafe and Pete’s University Park Cafe.
Over 500 flights delayed at DIA as Denver gets 2 inches of snow
As Denverites woke up to a blanket of fresh snow Sunday, those traveling in and out of Denver International Airport were also feeling the effects of the late-December storm. As of 2:30 p.m. Sunday, over 500 flights at DIA had been delayed, with eight canceled entirely, according to flightaware.com. Of the delays, 180...
Denver police report increase in street racing arrests and citations in 2025
Street racing reports climbed in Denver this year, with police logging more citations and focusing attention on a trouble‑prone stretch of South Santa Fe Drive.
Denver homeless hotels and tiny home villages: The rules guests must follow
By now it is well documented that problems occur in Denver’s homeless hotels and tiny home villages. There have been shootings and stabbings at the former DoubleTree at 4040 Quebec, for example. So why can’t shelter officials get things under control at these places? Aren’t there any rules?
“Jugging” suspect robbed bank customers in California, Texas, before Denver arrest
One of two Houston men suspected of repeatedly flying into Denver and waiting outside banks to jump customers was recently sentenced to prison. The other man remains at large.

















