A house fire in western Jefferson County started a small wildfire Thursday morning, causing pre-evacuation warnings for people living in Golden Gate Canyon after flames spread to nearby…
Read more Geneva fire contained after spreading from house fire in Golden Gate CanyonA second day of powerful, gusty winds hit the Front Range and Eastern Plains on Wednesday, fueling at least two wildfires in metro Denver and northeastern Colorado and…
Read more 2nd day of dry, windy weather fuels Colorado wildfires in Thornton, Eastern PlainsThe Colorado park ranger accused of stabbing himself in a hoax that sparked a large-scale manhunt at Staunton State Park last August took a plea deal Monday. Callum…
Read more Colorado park ranger gets 3 years probation in Staunton State Park stabbing hoaxOne person was killed in a fire at a north Littleton apartment complex late Tuesday night, South Metro Fire Rescue officials said. South Metro crews responded to 911…
Read more 1 resident killed in north Littleton apartment fireA 13-year-old Arvada girl missing since Sunday morning may be in the Gunnison area, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Marely Laureano Flores was last seen at…
Read more Missing Arvada girl may be on Colorado’s Western SlopeA 62-year-old man who opened fire inside a primary care doctor’s office in Evergreen on Thursday night before taking his own life was previously a patient at the…
Read more Evergreen shooter shot up equipment, was a patient at primary care office, sheriff’s office saysJefferson County law enforcement is responding to an “active shooter incident” in north Evergreen and said the shooter is down after shooting themselves, sheriff’s officials said. Officials said…
Read more ‘No known victims’ after shooter reported dead in Evergreen, Jeffco sheriff saysA grass fire at the entrance of Coal Creek Canyon in Arvada burned more than 100 acres, prompted pre-evacuation warnings and closed two state highways on Saturday. The…
Read more Plainview fire in Arvada burns 130 acres near Coal Creek CanyonA Westminster man accused of trying to travel overseas to join the Islamic State group pleaded guilty to one count of providing financing for terrorism in federal court,…
Read more Westminster man pleads guilty to federal terrorism chargeEight people from metro Denver were indicted on federal charges related to drug trafficking, weapons and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said…
Read more 8 indicted in metro Denver drug trafficking, weapons schemeThe gun used by the 16-year-old boy who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School in September was a family heirloom, investigators with the Jefferson…
Read more Evergreen High School shooter used family heirloom gun; parents won’t be chargedA 15-year-old will serve seven years in Colorado’s Division of Youth Services after pleading guilty to setting a Lakewood apartment complex on fire, killing Kathleen Payton and her…
Read more Teen gets 7 years for starting fire that killed Lakewood mom, daughterWestminster police found three children in the trunk of a car after pulling over the driver and arresting him on suspicion of drunken driving, officials said Tuesday. The…
Read more Man accused of DUI with 3 kids in trunk, Westminster police sayA former Jefferson County Public Schools social worker took a deal and pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting a child, court records show. Chloe Rose Castro, 29, pleaded…
Read more Former Jeffco school social worker pleads guilty to child sex assaultTwo Front Range cities are eyeing more oversight for their police departments. Lakewood’s City Council voted last week to “work toward the establishment” of an independent civilian oversight board…
Read more Two Denver suburbs eye new oversight of their police departmentsApplejack Wine & Spirits, a staple of the Denver area since the 1960s, has been sold to ABC Fine Wine & Spirits in Orlando, Florida. ABC, one of…
Read more Colorado staple Applejack Wine & Spirits sells to Florida companyShaida Ghaemi was last seen Sept. 9, 2007, in Wheat Ridge. (Photo courtesy Colorado Bureau of Investigation) Arash Ghaemi has wondered for 18 years what happened to his…
Read more How a missing Colorado woman’s son hopes AI can solve her 18-year-old cold caseA Jefferson County jury convicted a former Lakewood High School security officer on Friday of child sex assault, according to court records. Rubel Martinez, 68, was arrested in…
Read more Former Lakewood High School security officer convicted of child sex assaultFormer Jeffco high school psychologist James Michael Chevrier was convicted Monday of five charges, including sexual assault on a child, according to the Colorado First Judicial District Attorney’s…
Read more Former Jeffco high school psychologist convicted of sexual assault on a childAcross Colorado, in bustling municipal courtrooms and council chambers, in city attorneys’ offices and public defender headquarters, legal professionals and elected officials are scrambling to make sense of…
Read more How a Colorado Supreme Court ruling is reshaping the state’s municipal courts