Top Denver Area Local News Stories
Source: TheDenverChannel.com - Local News
Facing an expected $1 billion shortfall in next year's budget, Gov. Bill Ritter is proposing a 4.6 percent cut in education spending and charging sales tax on items including candy and soda and online purchases.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:54:00 MST
The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:11:58 MST
A British auction house says it's selling a strand of Elvis Presley's hair preserved for decades by a fan.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:55:00 MST
It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:31:28 MST
One person is dead and two are injured after a Saturday night shooting at a Vail bar.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:57:48 MST
An Arvada man is missing after leaving to go camping two weeks ago.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:57:08 MST
Thousands waited in line for hours at ThunderRidge High School on Saturday to get the H1N1 vaccine.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:57:45 MST
It took fire crews nearly two hours to put out a fire at an oil production facility near on Saturday afternoon near Dacono.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:29:19 MST
A man suspected in a fatal Grand Junction bar fight last week has been arrested in Denver.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:43:29 MST
Two apartments were destroyed and six others damaged by an early morning fire that forced evacuations of several families in Colorado Springs Saturday.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:14:36 MST
A man who threatened to kill President Barack Obama just before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:49:03 MST
The weekend started great, but changes are coming for Sunday.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:42:32 MST
Senator Mark Udall says the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas underscore that more needs to be done to help "troops who find themselves at the breaking point."
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:07:48 MST
Lawyers for Denver say a city police officer didn't violate the constitutional rights of a man who was wrongly arrested in a case of mistaken identity.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:05:45 MST
A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas man in connection with two bank robberies in Grand Junction, Colo.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:41:13 MST
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is asking a town to dismiss charges against a Texas musician accused of violating an ordinance banning panhandling.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:33:52 MST
El Paso County health officials say the swine flu vaccine is now available and thousands are expected to get immunized next week.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:29:32 MST
The Air Force Academy will hold a moment of silence to honor the shooting victims at Fort Hood before the Army-Air Force football game Saturday at the academy.
Published: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:43:50 MST
Unionized Safeway workers in Colorado have voted to authorize a strike as contract talks drag on, but it's unclear if union leaders will OK one.
Published: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:18:22 MST
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