DAILY SKETCH

It's been a busy week for wildland firefighting across Colorado. Red flag warnings are flying. Here's a view of a blaze on the edge ...

U.S. Army bomb specialists removed two unexploded shells discovered in E vergreen, the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office said Thursday...

UPDATE A two-alarm fire caused severe damage Thursday to the Birch Apartments in Glendale. No serious injuries were reported, the Denver Fir...

Paul Todd Howarth, 72, was arrested this week as a suspect in an arson fire at the Expedition Lodge in Estes Park. Investigators found a pro...

Near the eastern Colorado town of Flagler, firefighters, road crews and farmers on tractors stopped a blaze that raced along railroad tracks...

Police arrested a man accused of taking his elderly mother from her home in Clear Creek County, the sheriff's office said. They were loc...

A tough little dog who strayed from home went on patrol in a Parker police cruiser Wednesday and was reunited with family the same day, offi...

Mahali, a hippo residing at the Denver Zoo, will be moving to a natural wildlife preserve in Texas in mid-May, officials said. The zoo dela...

In Fort Lupton, a garage truck dumped a load of burning trash Wednesday in a parking lot for firefighters to sort through and extinguish. ...

Fire struck two neighboring homes Wednesday in Castle Rock and authorities evacuated nearby dwellings as a precaution. No one was hurt in th...

A pelican survived a collision with a  power line in Boulder County. Animal wardens rescued the wire-entangled aviator and transported it ...

A Learjet with four people aboard apparently  veered off a runway Wednesday at Centennial Airport and "came to a stop, upright" on...

A woman fell more than  50 feet during a mountain hike and landed on a ledge in Larimer County, officials said Wednesday. A rescue team cli...

A man suffering a psychiatric crisis died early Wednesday after he was taken into custody at a home in south Westminster, police said. The m...

An Aurora K9 officer stabbed in the head with a large kitchen knife is fighting to stay alive, police said Tuesday. The officer, Mark Moore...

A hit-and-run driver injured a motorcyclist Tuesday at East 9th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver. The motorcyclist was transported to...

A suspect has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of bicyclist Luis "Darnell" Loma almost five years ago, the Larimer County Sh...

Suspected bombs discovered in unincorporated Boulder County are duds, it was revealed Tuesday. The sheriff's office said: "The devi...

In Frederick, a police officer stopped a drunken driving suspect flying at 113 mph on Highway 52. The driver was arrested for DUI, reckless ...

Deputies shot a suspect in a reported stabbing early Tuesday in the vicinity of  70th Avenue and Dexter Street in Adams County. The sherif...

In Englewood, c ode compliance officers rescued from a curious yellow-bellied marmot from an auto's engine compartment. "T he marmo...

Bohdi the Elephant turned 22 this month " with some Taylor Swift-themed enrichment," the Denver Zoo said. He's the tallest and...

A bicyclist tagged a  camera in downtown Longmont with a can of pink spray paint - and the camera dutifully snapped a photo. Police asked bu...

Luis Rivas-Newcomb was sentenced Monday to 48 years in prison for a shooting that claimed three lives in Denver, the DA's Office said. ...

UPDATE A raging house fire spread to a neighbor's home in Centennial on Monday - devouring both dwellings. The fierce, two-alarm blaze b...

The Colorado State Patrol is seeking information on a hit-and-run crash that injured a teenager riding a bicycle in the vicinity of South Pi...

Deputies located five suspected improvised explosive devices n ear Ponderosa Way in Boulder County. Bomb technicians safely transferred the ...

The first giraffe born at the Denver Zoo in a decade is thriving. Thorn is just over a year old and is "a symbol of hope for this End...

UPDATE Reports say two people were killed early Saturday in a recreational vehicle fire at Salida RV Park on County Road 102 in Salida while...

Four people were injured Sunday when a speeding Jeep  clipped an auto, rolled over and shattered a concrete barrier on southbound I-76, Adam...

A small airplane careened off a runway and down an  embankment Sunday on the north end of Centennial Airport. It remained upright with minor...

Fire destroyed a home Saturday along W eld County Road 12 just west of Weld County Road 5, Mountain View Fire Rescue said. No serious injuri...

A person was stabbed Sunday in the 3200-block of North Brighton Boulevard in Denver, police said. The victim was transported to hospital. No...

A BNSF freight train crew slammed on the emergency brakes in Commerce City, missing a drunken driver in an SUV perched on the railroad track...

A youth was arrested as a suspect in a shooting on North Irving Street in Denver, police said Friday. "It appears he may have accidenta...

Cleveland Jones, a fugitive wanted by Lakewood police on a charge of first-degree assault with serious bodily injury, was arrested Thursday ...

A person suffering a gunshot wound was driven to hospital in a private auto and pronounced dead, the Denver Police Department said Friday. I...

A stray dog wandered into the parking lot at Fort Collins police headquarters Friday morning with " no badge, no credentials." Sh...

Patryk Holly, wanted by Parker police for felony second-degree assault by strangulation, was captured in Aurora, the U.S. Marshals Service ...

UPDATE A man crossing  East Arapahoe Road in Foxfield was killed by an auto early Friday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said. T...

Jimmy Cazares, 33, was sentenced to almost a century in state prison for firing 59 bullets into  Wyler’s Pub and Brew in Greeley - criticall...

Firefighters rescued the driver of a small sedan crushed by a semi-truck on Colorado Boulevard over I-70 in Denver, the fire department said...

Click for UPDATE A person suffering a gunshot wound was driven to hospital in a private auto, police said early Friday. Investigators determ...

Suspected Wheat Ridge drug peddler Hunter Covelli, 25, accused of dealing dope ranging from LSD to mushrooms, surrendered Wednesday after ...

A person was stabbed Thursday in the  2800-block of Brighton Boulevard in Denver, police said. No other information was released. " Inv...

  "Jovie the Christmas Pig" - a Pueblo potbelly with a social media page - survived a fire that claimed the lives of three cats a...

A woman among the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives - who has family in Denver - was captured just a day after being added to the list. Ka...