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Jefferson County Sheriff nabs suspected burglars at coin shop
Four suspects were caught "in the act" of burglarizing a south Jefferson County business overnight. Two adults and two juveniles tried to burgle the World of Coins, 7735 W. Long Drive, according to a 5:37 a.m. Tweet by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The business is located off of South Wadsworth Boulevard and West Bowles Avenue, east of Southwest Plaza. Kieran Nicholson: ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 6 Gameday
Posted May 3, 2013 05:40 OAKLAND, Calif. - Handed the toughest early season schedule imaginable, the Denver Nuggets banded together and persevered. After losing their best outside shooter to a knee injury in the first week of April, they went on to set a team NBA record with 57 victories and secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. Conceding defeat wasn't part of Denver's ...
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Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes gun sales released
Accused movie theater shooter James Holmes (left) makes his first court appearance at the Arapahoe County Courthouse with his public defender Tamara Brady on July 23, 2012 in Centennial, Colorado. According to police, Holmes committed one of the worst mass shootings in American history, killing 12 people and injuring 58 when he opened fire on a movie theater showing the premier of 'The Dark ...
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Troubled Colorado Springs Crowne Plaza sold
COLORADO SPRINGS -A company headed by Texas investor John Bushman has purchased the financially troubled Crowne Plaza Hotel for $14 million, with plans to switch it to his MCM Hotels chain and begin a major renovation.The 500-room hotel at 2886 S. Circle Drive will become the Hotel Elegante Conference and Event Center and will undergo a "multi-million-dollar renovation" starting with ...
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Denver area a top spot for working women
Denver is among the best large cities for working women, according to an analysis by NerdWallet, a personal finance and credit card information service. Denver -- which also included Aurora and Broomfield in NerdWallet's study -- was ranked No. 7, right after Los Angeles. Washington, D.C., was first. NerdWallet calculated the rankings by looking at four criteria: highest pay, smallest gender ...
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Deputies 4 burglars caught in the act
LITTLETON, Colo. - Deputies said they caught four people burglarizing a cash-for-gold shop in Littleton early Thursday morning.It happened at the Coins We Buy Gold store on West Bowles Avenue across from Clement Park.The security alarm went off at about 1:30 a.m. and Jefferson County deputies said they saw four men stuffing items into the back of a stolen Subaru when they arrived.Deputies said ...
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Man arrested after 2 people stabbed at Boulder County campground
NEDERLAND, Colo.-Boulder County authorities have arrested a man suspected of stabbing two people at a campground near Nederland. Search dogs found the suspect hiding behind a garbage container in Boulder early Thursday. Sgt. Jayson Heathman tells KMGH-TV ...
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Authorities seize horses at animal rescue facility
MORRISON, Colo. (AP) -- Jefferson County sheriff's investigators and animal control officers have seized 18 horses at an animal rescue facility in ...
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Colorado wildlife pickup trucks hit roadblocks
The wildlife agency plans to add at least 30 F-250 pickup trucks that run on both natural gas and gasoline for use by wildlife officers in their ...
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Wildfire bills set for governors signature
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) -- Wildfire prevention measures passed after Colorado's tragic wildfire season last year are expected to be signed into law Thursday by Gov. John ...
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No. 3 Nuggets set to face No. 6 Golden State in playoffs
Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images After setting NBA team records with 57 wins and 38 home victories, the Denver Nuggets are ready for the postseason. The Nuggets captured the No. 3 seed in the West with their 23rd consecutive home win Wednesday night and will open the Western Conference playoffs Saturday at Pepsi Center against the Golden State Warriors. Denver (57-25) and the Warriors ...
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Man arrested in stabbing at campground
The trash bin where the Gordon Gulch stabbing suspect was found near 3rd St. and Pearl St. in Boulder by Boulder County Sheriff's Office K9s early Thursday ...
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their ...
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Colorado killers reprieve infuriates families draws criticism of governor
RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT YEAR OF MURDERS - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 where he announced that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death sentence. Dunlap was scheduled to be executed in August for the murders of four people in 1993 at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. Hickenlooper only ...
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Cooler Thursday then a warm up
Storm Prediction Center over the next couple of days. Thursday will bring a slight chance for showers and storms here in Colorado with a weak disturbance crossing the state. We'll feel upper 60s in the afternoon with a 10-20% chance for a storm, again not much of a severe threat for us.Friday starts a warming trend timed out perfectly with the holiday weekend -- 80s with loads of ...
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Holmes lawyers try to clear path for insanity plea
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes are trying to clear away legal questions Thursday so that Holmes can plead not guilty by reason of ...
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Colorado killers reprieve sharply criticized
Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death ...
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Big man battle getting physical in Nuggets-Warriors series
JaVale McGee refused to comply with the unusual request. Locked in an a tight playoff game, the Denver Nuggets center found himself face-to-face with Andrew Bogut, who pointed to his chin and shouted over the din of the sellout crowd at Oracle Arena. "He told me to punch him in the chin," McGee said. "I don't know why you'd want somebody to punch you in your ...
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Moore teacher saved students
MOORE, Okla - A Moore elementary school teacher helped save several students by covering them with her own body when a tornado tore down their school around them."When you’re a teacher you’re love those kids as if they’re your own." said Rhonda Crosswhite, a sixth-grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary school. To hear her tell it, what she and the other teachers at ...
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Tight series between Nuggets and Warriors is no surprise
Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO - In retrospect, two nights in November simply foreshadowed the future. Playing one another for the first time during the regular season, the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors staged an entertaining duel that ended ...
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Elite Eight Nuggets set for sprint to the finish line
Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Eight games, 15 days, big implications. Locked in a battle with the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies for the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets are poised for a frenetic finish over the next two weeks. Rather than worry about how things will shake out, the Nuggets are keeping the strategy simple. "We just have to go out ...
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Denver Fashion Truck Brick Mortar and more mobile fashion retailers
Adrian and Desiree Gallegos-Barragan with their Denver Fashion Truck, a mobile boutique that was formerly a locksmith and postal vehicle. IPTC: DENVER, CO. - MAY 20 Desiree, right, and Adrian Gallegos-Barragan with their Denver Fashion Truck, a former locksmith and postal vehicle on Monday, May 20, 2013. The couple will soon open the mobile boutique.They were on the Auraria campus for a photo. ...
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Davidson Mutts Models take PetAid Colorado supporters to Mardi Growl
Brita Saltzmann, a model with Wilhelmina Denver, escorted Truffles, a Newfoundland who is a pet therapy dog at Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge. (Photo by David Zalubowski, Special to The Denver Post) It's a good thing none of the models - the four-legged ones, at least - were hungry ...
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Davidson Kuni Lexus partners with Denver Health for opening of new showroom
Above from left: Gregg Stone, president/general manager of Kuni Lexus of Greenwood Village; Steve Hearne, Western Region general manager for Lexus; Paula Herzmark, executive director of the Denver Health Foundation; Dr. Arthur Gonzalez, CEO of Denver Health and Hospital Authority; and Greg Goodwin, CEO of Kuni Automotive Group. I'll say this much up front: The ...
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Victim reacts to Hickenloopers decision to spare Dunlaps life
There's been a lot of reaction to Governor Hickenlooper's decision to spare convicted killer Nathan Dunlap's life. "The decision has weighed heavily on me for over a year now," Hickenlooper said during a news conference Wednesday in Denver. In the end, Hickenlooper decided to save Dunlap from lethal injection this August. "This is a conclusion I have come to on ...
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