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Denver protest devolves into 2nd night of confrontation

DENVER – Hundreds of people staged a raucous, roving protest in Denver on Friday that was generally peaceful until night fell, when police deployed gas canisters and fired pellet guns for a ...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver mayor decries violence in protests over Floyd death

DENVER – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called for calm and unity Friday after the first of several planned city protests over George Floyd’s death turned violent, declaring, “Let not the stor...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver mail hub stays open despite coronavirus closure order

WHEAT RIDGE – A U.S. Postal Service distribution facility in Denver that handles 10 million pieces of mail a day for Colorado and Wyoming remained open Friday despite being ordered to shut d...

DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Department told to revisit sexual listing on passports

DENVER – Under a ruling from a federal appeals court, the U.S. State Department is once again being ordered to consider whether to grant an intersex person a passport if they do not specify ...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Girl who inspired Charlotte’s Web marijuana oil dies

DENVER – A girl with a rare form of epilepsy whose recovery inspired the name of a medical marijuana oil that drew families of children with similar health problems to Colorado for treatment...

DATE: Apr 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis limits all restaurants, bars in Colorado to takeout, delivery

All theaters, gyms and casinos closed until further notice

DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado tries to end time limits for sex abuse lawsuits

DENVER – More than a dozen years after a fierce fight to end time limits on filing sexual abuse lawsuits, Colorado lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the statute of limitations, saying...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado prosecutor indicted on drug charges, misconduct

DENVER – An elected prosecutor for Colorado’s northeastern rural plains was indicted by a grand jury on drug charges Thursday after an investigation by the state’s attorney general. ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

30 people indicted for drug trafficking in Colorado

DENVER – Thirty people from two different suspected drug rings have been indicted for drug trafficking in Colorado, including a woman accused of being the leader of a Mexican ring based in D...

DATE: Feb 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Immigration officials go to court to get Denver records

DENVER – U.S. immigration officials are asking a federal judge to force Denver to turn over information about four men accused of crimes who are subject to deportation after the city refused...

DATE: Feb 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Florida truck driver arrested in 1980 Colorado killing

DENVER – A Florida truck driver has been arrested and charged in the killing of a college student working as an intern for a Denver radio station nearly 40 years ago, a break in the cold cas...

DATE: Dec 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man charged in synagogue bomb plot pleads not guilty

DENVER – An alleged white supremacist accused of planning to bomb a Colorado synagogue pleaded not guilty to a hate crime and other charges on Monday as members of the congregation he is sus...

DATE: Nov 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News