A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that counties lack standing to challenge a 2023 law that bans local governments from signing immigration-detention contracts.

Dylan Scott, Ian Munsick, Neal McCoy, The Fray and the I Love The 90s Tour are among the first headliners announced for the 2026 Colorado State Fair. Presales begin April 13; general sales April 15.

A longtime Olde Town Arvada tavern has a new chef-owner. Jeremy Wolgamott is relaunching The Grandview with Southern plates, a $20 hot-plate lunch and an April 18 crawfish boil.

Denver police renewed a plea on April 8 for tips after a March 8 hit-and-run that killed a person in a wheelchair near E. 35th Ave and N. Albion St. Case 26-126629 remains open.

A pre‑dawn brush fire near the Goat Trail above Hawthorn Avenue prompted evacuation warnings and drew firefighters to the ridge before crews contained the blaze.

A Denver federal judge ordered the release of an immigrant detainee and warned that immigration bond hearings are increasingly perfunctory. The decision could spur more habeas litigation.

Jack's Modern Steakhouse will return to Lone Tree after a late‑January electrical fire, reopening with new dishes and a hidden speakeasy in the Park Meadows building.

A bomb threat briefly shut down South Main Street in Breckenridge; police later declared it unfounded and lifted the evacuation about 20 minutes after first responding.

Students reported notes left on cars at a Northfield Target; Denver police arrested a man and charged him with soliciting for child prostitution. Detectives ask anyone with tips to call the Human Trafficking Unit.

A two-vehicle collision on Highway 550 near Ridgway killed a 34-year-old man and sent a 12-year-old to hospital; the Colorado State Patrol is investigating.

Denver's DDA declined to back a Revesco conversion at 475 17th St., pausing a major office-to-apartment proposal and forcing the developer to reassess.

A Boulder dance-studio owner faces a 21-count indictment alleging staged break-ins and nearly $568K in insurance fraud.

Two people were shot near Russell Square Park in north Denver; victims were hospitalized and police are searching for a suspect.