The Denver Post

Firefighters are evacuating homes south of the town of Gold Hill in Boulder County where a wildfire erupted this morning, authorities say.

Two years after former Republican Congressman Bob Schaffer couldn't carry his own hometown, Larimer County could be the key to GOP victories in November.

It is brand new and unused, yet ancient and eternal — this Torah is the bond between Moses at Mount Sinai and the shiny new suburbs of south metro Denver.

editor's note: This is the last in a series of profiles of three finalists for appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court.

How much do you hate your name?

Leaders of Denver's new all-girls charter school had a perplexing problem to address before classes began last month in their hand-me-down school.

St. Francis, the statue, will soon rejoin his flock at St. Francis of Assisi National Catholic Church in southeast Denver, after donors pitched in the $3,500 to replace a statue stolen on July 30.

The Colorado State Patrol has identified a 33-year-old woman thrown from a Jeep Wrangler and killed Friday when the vehicle rolled down a mountainside near Georgetown Lake.

Aurora police have released the identity of a 22-year-old man found dead in a backyard and are offering a reward for help finding his killer.

A University of Colorado student who was tackled to the ground by an unknown assailant on the edge of campus early Sunday was able to fight off her attacker by biting one of his fingers, police said.

At first, Mary Pierce thought her 2-year-old couldn't stop throwing up because she had a typical stomach bug. A few days later, she watched in terror as the lethargic little girl was rushed by helicopter to The Children's Hospital, her little kidneys shutting down.

More than 35 dogs rescued last week in eastern Montana came to Denver on Sunday in search of homes through local animal-welfare organizations.

Dennis Mellon watched the dial climb on a thermometer he dangled over a deep-fat fryer on a day that saw temperatures approach a record.

Government agencies are seeking broad new authority to ramp up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, despite two recent court actions that restored the animals' endangered status in every state except Alaska and Minnesota.

Denver's bike-sharing program is rolling along with plans to add four B-cycle stations downtown in the next few weeks.

St. Francis, the statue, will soon rejoin his flock at St. Francis of Assisi National Catholic Church in southeast Denver, after donors pitched in the $3,500 to replace a statue stolen on July

More than 35 dogs rescued last week in eastern Montana came to Denver today in search of homes through local animal-welfare organizations.

The Colorado State Patrol has identified a 33 year-old woman thrown from a Jeep Wrangler and killed Friday when the vehicle rolled down a mountainside near Georgetown Lake.

Near record heat, dry air and gusts of wind have combined to cause extreme fire danger today along the Front Range.

Four people were seriously injured in a two-car wreck when one of the vehicles ran a red light and ploughed into the second late Saturday in Broomfield.