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Faulty vent focus of probe of carbon monoxide leak that killed DU student

Faulty vent focus of probe of carbon monoxide leak that killed DU student

January 6, 2009

"Your heart has to go out to that young lady and her family. I mean, she didn't do anything and, unfortunately, she's gone," said Denver fire Lt. Phil Champagne about the death of Lauren Johnson, above.

Hip-hop vs. Jimmy Buffett led to soldier's death, ex-wife says

January 6, 2009

Richard Lopez's ex-wife can't get over the irony and sadness of the soldier's death — from wounds outside a Steamboat Springs bar after he slipped on the ice then suffered a severe beating.

Colorado's freshman legislators take their seats in Congress

Colorado's freshman legislators take their seats in Congress

January 6, 2009

Colorado's congressional delegation had a facelift today as one new U.S. Senator was sworn into office, another waited in the wings, and three new U.S. House members settled in. Above, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall smiles as his wife, Maggie Fox, pins his Senate pin on his lapel after being sworn into office. Video

Teen accused of shooting at deputy from sunroof during chase

January 6, 2009

An Adams County sheriff's deputy told detectives how he feared for his life when he saw someone firing numerous rounds at him from the sunroof of a car during a high-speed chase.

22-year-old twins from Wisconsin missing in Colorado

January 6, 2009

Search and rescue crews in Colorado are looking for twin brothers from Green Bay, Wis., who are missing.

Case status of defendants April 2007 drug bust

January 6, 2009

Case status of defendants in the April 2007 drug bust.

Littleton man shot after confronting car stereo thieves

January 6, 2009

A 27-year-old man is in the Arapahoe County jail, charged with attempted murder in an incident outside a Littleton home early this morning.

La Plata DA 'fighting for his life' after bike accident

January 6, 2009

La Plata County District Attorney Craig Westberg is "fighting for his life" after he was injured in a mountain biking accident in Arizona last weekend, a colleague said Tuesday.

Vail skier left hanging, upside down and half-naked

January 6, 2009

Resort officials confirmed today that a 48-year-old man caught himself on a chairlift on Vail Mountain on New Year's Day and dangled upside down for about seven minutes before being freed.

Hickenlooper's cool idea this summer saved energy, money

January 6, 2009

This summer, Denver city employees shed their suit jackets and ties when Mayor John Hickenlooper raised thermostats four degrees to save energy at seven government office buildings.

Boy, 9, charged with murder in shooting death of father

January 6, 2009

Prosecutors in eastern Arizona have agreed not to use statements made by a 9-year-old boy as they pursue murder charges against him in the shooting death of his father and another man.

Panel: Feds should help Colorado ID illegal immigrants

January 6, 2009

Federal fingerprint records should be given to state authorities to help them catch illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes, a state panel said today.

Prison time looms for drug-bust defendants

January 6, 2009

More than a dozen of the people indicted in a sweeping 2007 federal gang and drug bust are scheduled to be sentenced to prison this month, bringing the case nearer to a close.

DA says no to U.S. attorney job

January 6, 2009

The man many considered the frontrunner to be Colorado's next U.S. attorney said Monday he is not interested in the job.

Weather: Slush, ice in mountains; warm, windy in town

January 6, 2009

Metro Denver wakes up to a warmer but windier day today ... and then it just gets warmer and windier.

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