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• Long lines greet some Colorado voters

  November 6, 2012 2:26 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Voters in some Colorado counties are facing long lines and problems meeting voting requirements. Elena Nunez of the watchdog group Colorado Common Cause said some voters on Tuesday were being asked for photo identification papers, which is not required under Colorado law. Voters can still use utility... more »

• Lower North Fork fire report released Monday

  April 16, 2012 1:00 PM

  Gov. John Hickenlooper will join William Bass, the leader of a team of specialists who reviewed the prescribed fire that preceded the Lower North Fork fire, and Colorado State University President Tony Frank Monday at 2:30 p.m. to discuss a report by the review team and its recommendations. The... more »

• Evacuees allowed back in homes

  April 2, 2012 6:26 AM

  CONIFER, Colo. (AP) - Colorado authorities are allowing all remaining evacuees from the Lower North Fork wildfire to return home on Monday. Jacki Kelley of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said that residents of 50 homes can return Monday morning, nearly a week after the fire erupted. She says firefighters... more »

• Colo. man jailed for failure to have dog license

  February 14, 2012 12:44 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - A suburban Denver couple is fighting fines after the husband was jailed for failure to get a license for his daughter's service dog. Authorities say another 50 people in Jefferson County could face the same fate. Matthew Townsend says he spent seven hours in jail after... more »

• Copper thefts cause $250k in damage to rail system

  January 17, 2012 8:35 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Two Colorado brothers are accused of stealing more than $96,000 worth of overhead copper wiring from two light rail construction sites. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that the thefts caused $250,000 damage to the RTD FasTracks system under construction in Jefferson County. Steven Reynolds and Frankie Reynolds... more »

• Health officials suspect norovirus at a Colorado school

  December 6, 2011 12:58 PM

  LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Colorado health officials suspect norovirus after a quarter of the students at a Jefferson County elementary school got sick. The children all attend Normandy Elementary. The school has stayed open throughout the ordeal. The virus causes vomiting and diarrhea. According Denver news outlets, steps... more »

• Man wanted in Evergreen shooting captured in Texas

  September 25, 2011 11:31 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A man wanted in the execution-style shooting of two men in Evergreen in 2004 has been captured in El Paso, Texas. Both men survived. KUSA-TV reports that U.S. Marshals captured Robert Montoya Friday night following a joint operation between FBI and Mexican police. Montoya is... more »

• Alabama county nears becoming largest municipal bankruptcy ever

  August 12, 2011 8:06 PM

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Leaders of Alabama's largest county have rejected a settlement with Wall Street to pay off more than $3.1 billion in debt. The unanimous Friday vote by five members of the Jefferson County Commission again delays a decision on whether they need to file what would... more »

• Fuel spill from rolled semi spills into creek

  July 9, 2011 5:40 PM

  JEFFERSON COUNTY - Our sister station 9 News in Denver is reporting that emergency workers are trying to clean up fuel spilled into a creek by a semi-truck that rolled on US 285 Saturday morning. Colorado State Patrol says the semi rolled into Turkey Creek just south of Indian Hills... more »

• Explosive device partially detonates in Golden bookstore

  June 25, 2011 4:55 PM

  JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO (AP)- Authorities say two explosive devices were found inside a store at the Colorado Mills Mall after an apparent break-in overnight "partially functioned." According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, "The two small, crude devices partially functioned and caused no damage to the... more »

• Homes evacuated in Jefferson County

  May 9, 2011 7:35 PM

  INDIAN HILLS, Colo. (AP) - Sheriff's officials say a wildfire in Jefferson County has prompted evacuations of 30 to 40 homes. Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley says the fire Monday afternoon between Evergreen and Morrison is believed to have been human caused. She says the fire is about an acre,... more »

• FBI names prime suspect in mall pipe bomb attempt

  April 24, 2011 3:16 PM

  The FBI Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force has just released a statement identifying the man saying that he is a prime suspect in an attempted pipe bombing of a Jefferson County shopping mall. Earl Albert Moore, a 65 year old man, has been officially named as the prime suspect... more »

• Firefighters contain blaze in Jefferson County

  April 23, 2011 1:57 PM

  CONIFER, Colo. (AP) - A 40-acre fire that evacuated more than 30 homes in the foothills southwest of Denver is fully contained. Jefferson County sheriff's officials say firefighters contained the fire Friday night and were moving through snow to check for hot spots Saturday. The fire broke out... more »

• More photos released in Littleton incident

  April 22, 2011 12:22 PM

  The FBI Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force has released three additional pictures of a possible suspect in an incident that happened at the Southwest Plaza Mall in Jefferson County on Wednesday. A pipe bomb and two propane tanks were found on the anniversary of the Columbine school shootings, which happened... more »

• FBI has "person of interest" in pipe bomb situation

  April 21, 2011 1:53 PM

  The FBI are looking for "a person of interest" in what they are calling a case of domestic terrorism in Littleton. A pipe bomb and two propane tanks were found at Southwest Plaza Mall after a fire started just before noon on Wednesday. Police released surveillance photos of... more »

• Movie documents families lives after Columbine

  April 17, 2011 1:34 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A movie opening in Denver this week documents the different ways that families who lost loved ones at Columbine have coped with their loss. Five years in the making, the film "13 Families" is the work of Nicole Corbin, Steve LuKanic, and Mark Katchur. Corbin and... more »

• Three fires burning in Jefferson County

  April 8, 2011 7:46 PM

  EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) - Three fires are burning in Jefferson County, including one that has evacuated homes and diverted buses taking students home from school. Jefferson County sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said Friday a fire in Evergreen by Squaw Pass Road has grown to 40 acres, prompting evacuations in... more »

• Fire near Golden grows to over 500 acres

  March 20, 2011 10:54 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Jefferson County sheriff's officials say a fire burning on steep, dry, rocky terrain near Golden has more than doubled its size to nearly 1 square mile. Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley says the fire started Sunday morning on Mount Galbraith between Clear Creek and Golden Gate... more »

• Wildfire burns in steep terrain near Golden

  March 20, 2011 4:27 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Jefferson County sheriff's officials say a fire burning on steep, dry, rocky terrain near Golden has grown to an estimated 75 acres in erratic winds. Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley says the fire started around 10:15 a.m. Sunday on Mount Galbraith between Clear Creek and Golden... more »

• Update: Kiddy train derails, dozen injured

  August 11, 2010 1:50 PM

  A tiny train derailed in Jefferson County Wednesday morning, injuring more than a dozen people. It happened in Tiny Town, a kid-sized village complete with a tiny railroad, west of Denver. Dan Hatlestad of the Intercanyon Fire Department says the engine of the small, open-car train tipped over first,... more »

• Rattlesnake cakes pack a vicious bite

  August 5, 2010 8:53 AM

  It could've been the rattlesnake cakes. Or more precisely, the eggs in the cakes served by The Fort, a restaurant in the foothills west of Denver that specializes in wild game and other Western fare. Jefferson County health officials believe a salmonella outbreak caused by eggs that were likely... more »

• T-birds take teacher for a ride

  May 23, 2010 11:30 PM

  To say that David Benke is excited is an understatement. The middle school math teacher is suiting up for a ride with the Air Force Thunderbirds. "My wife and I when they first told us this we were literally in the kitchen jumping up and down," Benke said. ... more »

• Boy hurt in Colorado school shooting thanks teacher

  March 5, 2010 10:56 AM

  A boy hurt in last month's Colorado school shooting is out of the hospital and praising the teacher who saved his life. Matt Thieu of Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton was shot in the back Feb. 24 when a gunman fired shots at students with a hunting rifle.... more »

• Father: Suspect may have contacted students online

  February 25, 2010 9:41 PM

  LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Deer Creek Middle School is scheduled to reopen for classes on Monday. The school just miles from Columbine High School was the scene of a shooting Tuesday that left two students injured. Student Reagan Weber was treated at a hospital and released. The mother... more »

• School gunman had grown increasingly erratic

  February 25, 2010 8:34 AM

  The father of the man accused of shooting and wounding two middle school students in Littleton says his son had become increasingly erratic in recent weeks. Investigators are trying to figure out why 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood allegedly showed up at his old school and started firing at... more »

• Sheriff: Suspect entered, left school on his own

  February 24, 2010 4:42 PM

  Investigators say a man suspected of shooting and wounding two students outside a suburban Denver school had entered and left the building on his own earlier that day, without being told by school officials to go. Jefferson County investigators say 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood signed in at a... more »

• Teacher being called a hero in school shooting

  February 23, 2010 10:11 PM

  Littleton school teacher Dr. David Benke is being called a hero for stepping in when a man shot two children Tuesday at his school. Witnesses say the 7th grade math teacher Benke tackled the gunman first and other teachers piled on top of him. A girl and boy were... more »

• 2 teens shot at Denver area middle school

  February 23, 2010 5:54 PM

  Two teens were injured in a shooting at a Denver-area middle school Tuesday afternoon, as school was letting out. Both have been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Witnesses say the suspect was tackled by teachers, and held until Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies arrived and took him... more »

• Man charged for leaving baby alone so he could go drinking

  January 29, 2010 10:00 AM

  Prosecutors have charged a Jefferson County man with fatal child abuse after authorities alleged he left his five-month-old alone for hours at home so he could go drinking. Authorities say 23-year-old Joseph Trujillo spent as many as eight hours drinking at local bars last week before returning to his... more »

• Jeffco swine flu vaccine clinics opening to public

  December 8, 2009 4:59 PM

  Jefferson County has joined El Paso, Pueblo and Custer counties in opening their swine flu vaccination clinics to the general public. Health officials in Jeffco say that most of the county's high-risk population has been vaccinated. More than 15,000 doses are available at clinics in Lakewood, Arvada, Littleton and... more »