The Latest Breaking News from Jared Polis

DENVER — Mayor Michael Hancock issued an emergency declaration for the city and county of Denver on Thursday in response to the surge of migrants who have arrived over the past 10 days.

DENVER — With the Rocky Mountains in the background — and the anniversary of the record-setting destruction from the Marshall fire looming over the event — the No. 2 official with the U.S. Department of Interior announced Wednesday a national $228 million program to fight and recover from wildfires.

DENVER — Denver has set up an emergency shelter to accommodate as many as 100 immigrants from the U.S.’s southern border after the group arrived in the city by bus overnight Monday into Tuesday, according to the Denver Office of Emergency Management.

In a June 2021 incident, the Colorado nightclub shooting suspect loaded bullets into a Glock pistol and warned their frightened grandparents not to stand in the way of an elaborate plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb to become “the next mass killer.”