Colorado – The Journal

Where’s the snow? Rockies winter starts with a whimper

DENVER – Denver's winter has started with a whimper, and the parched mountains to the west aren’t faring much better. The Mile High City has already shattered its 87-year-old record for the ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado panel issues guidelines for injecting ketamine

DENVER – Colorado’s health department announced Wednesday that emergency workers should not use a condition involving erratic behavior by people as a reason to inject them with the drug keta...

DATE: Dec 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Got COVID-19? Mobile unit that administers monoclonal antibodies in Durango may help

Treatments said to lower risk of hospitalization among those who test positive

DATE: Dec 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

5 young people wounded near party in suburban Denver; 3rd shooting in two weeks

AURORA – Police are investigating whether a shooting that wounded five young people in suburban Denver was connected to a party nearby. Five males between the ages of 16 and 20 went to the h...

DATE: Nov 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 teens arrested in shooting at suburban Denver high school

AURORA – Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting of three students in a high school parking lot on Friday, a Colorado newspaper re...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: 3 students shot in Denver-area school parking lot

AURORA – Three students were shot Friday during a fight in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, the police chief said, only days after six teenagers from a nearby...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

6 teens injured in drive-by shooting near Denver area school

AURORA – Six teenagers were shot in a drive-by shooting in a park near a high school in suburban Denver on Monday, but all were expected to survive, police said. The victims, who range in a...

DATE: Nov 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former youth corrections campus eyed for homeless center east of Denver

WATKINS (AP) – On the treeless flatlands east of Denver, in a field of yellow-brown weeds that feels like the middle of nowhere, sits an empty campus with seven dormitories, 500 beds, a cafe...

DATE: Nov 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials: Colorado could see record COVID-19 hospitalizations

DENVER – Colorado plans to expand hospital capacity and staffing amid an ongoing surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations that could surpass a record high for the state set in 2020, Gov. Jared Pol...

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No charges for officer who killed man hailed as hero

DENVER – No criminal charges will be filed against a police officer who accidentally shot and killed a man hailed as a hero for stopping a gunman who ambushed another police officer in subur...

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Zoo reports world’s first coronavirus cases in hyenas

DENVER – Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide, a national veterinary lab announced Friday. Samples fro...

DATE: Nov 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver police hope therapy dog will break down barriers

DENVER – The Denver Police Department’s first therapy dog was originally trained to be a guide dog, but she turned out to be too friendly to focus on helping one person. Now the department ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News