Driver in deadly crash that resulted car in canal was 30-year-old Denver man: coroner
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) – A 30-year-old Denver man died after his vehicle crashed and landed in a canal early Saturday morning in Grand Junction. The Mesa County Coroner’s Office announced Joseph Mendez was behind the wheel when his car left the roadway, went through a guardrail and landed in a canal near 649...
Denver school shooting suspect reportedly posted online about mass shootings
DENVER — A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings — including Columbine — and expressed neo-Nazi views online, according to experts. Since December, Desmond Holly, 16, had been...
Denver mayor protects police horses from budget cuts
When Denver City Council member Serena Gonzales Guttierez suggested during a police department budget hearing Tuesday that having police horses is a luxury, Mayor Mike Johnston quickly came to the defense of the animals.
Denver chips in almost $30 million for affordable housing at Loretto Heights Campus, Wolff...
The Denver City Council voted Monday to sell multifamily housing revenue bonds totaling $28 million to build affordable family apartments on the Loretto Heights campus. The city will sell $23 million in series A bonds and $5 million in series B bonds, according to a memo from city staff to the council. The money will...
Man suspected of ‘trafficking women’ in Denver metro area arrested
A man suspected of "trafficking women from various locations across the Denver metro area" has been arrested, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
With thousands of factory jobs unfilled, Colorado companies train up teens
In high school, Genesis Gomez took one manufacturing class and loved it, especially when she got to tear apart an engine and rebuild it. “We spray painted it purple and it was shiny, so it looked pretty and it ran,” Gomez said with a laugh. Gomez liked all of...
Did One River North Catfish Denver?
When designs for One River North were released in 2021, international media coverage lauded the “plant-filled fantasy landscape” for blurring “the lines between the built and natural environments.” One critic even preemptively declared it “the coolest building not just in RiNo, but the entire state.”
Man sentenced for shooting at Denver Police officer in January
DENVER — A man has been sentenced after firing shots at an officer who was responding to the scene of a double fatal shooting in January. Fabian Vasquez, 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault - threatening a peace officer with a weapon and was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison, court documents say.
Internationally loved orangutan, 32, euthanized after years at Denver Zoo
A beloved and internationally known 32-year-old Sumatran orangutan was humanely euthanized surrounded by the people who loved him most at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance.
Denver police chief on ICE recruitment: “Terrible job for terrible pay”
Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas on Tuesday didn't mince words about an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ad that has recently aired on local TV stations targeting local officers for recruitment. What they're saying: "I think that that's a terrible job for terrible pay," Thomas told Axios Denver after presenting his...

















