Tag: Southwest Denver
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Denver officer, two others injured in crash
Three people including a Denver police officer were sent to the hospital after a two-car crash on Thursday night. The crash happened in southwest Denver at West Hampden Avenue and South Kendall Street, the Denver Police Department tweeted at 9:24 p.m. Thursday. Police said an officer, a suspect and a motorist were taken to the…
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Income-restricted housing now resides in transformed Denver historic landmark building
The newly restored Pancratia Hall has been converted into 74 income-restricted units for households earning 30-80% of Denver’s area median income. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and City Council member Kevin Flynn attended a grand opening for the housing units on the Loretto Heights campus late Thursday afternoon. The building was originally build in 1929 and…
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Juvenile arrested in connection to Oak Fire
A juvenile was arrested for igniting a blaze that spread over 150 acres last December, according to West Metro Fire Protection District. Officials wrote on Twitter that the minor has been ordered to complete court appointed fire education classes on top of completing community service. A suspect has been apprehended in connection with the #OakFire. The…
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Victim ID’d in southwest Denver killing; police seek suspect information
The victim in Thursday’s homicide in southwest Denver has been identified as Timothy Chavez, according to the Denver Police Department. Chavez, a Denver resident, was found dead just before 3 a.m. Thursday inside of a residence in the 9400 block of West Wagon Trail Drive, in the Marston neighborhood near South Kipling Street and West…
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Police: Man killed in southwest Denver neighborhood
The Denver Police Department is investigating after a man was killed in a southwest Denver neighborhood on Thursday. Police said the homicide occurred in the 9400 block of West Wagon Trail Drive, in the Marston neighborhood near South Kipling Street and West Belleview Avenue. Officers were active at the scene at 9 a.m. Thursday. The…
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Woman stabbed near Denver’s Ruby Hill neighborhood
The Denver Police Department is investigating after a woman was stabbed overnight in southwest Denver. Police said the stabbing happened before 3 a.m. Tuesday near West Florida Avenue and South Federal Boulevard, on the border of the Ruby Hill and Mar Lee neighborhoods. The woman was found suffering from serious injuries and taken to a…
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Denver City Council OKs rezoning, development agreement for Loretto Heights
The Denver City Council approved a rezoning and development agreement for Loretto Heights on Monday, cementing the plan to revitalize the century-old college campus in Harvey Park South. The Loretto Heights Area Plan, adopted in 2019, intends to transform Loretto Heights, 72 acres on a hilltop in southwest Denver, into a community center made up of…
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Reporter-turned-councilman Kevin Flynn reflects on his time representing District 2
When Councilman Kevin Flynn was elected as District 2’s city council representative, he was the outsider on the inside. Formerly a city hall reporter at the Rocky Mountain News, Flynn was now working alongside the politicians he had spent 27 years reporting on. Today, after serving as a political reporter, true crime novelist and communications…