Homeless services providers around Denver have been getting a bad rap lately.Lax security, violence and poor conditions at city shelters and supportive housing buildings have grabbed numerous headlines over the past few months, with residents complaining about safety and quality of life.The former DoubleTree hotel at 4040 Quebec Street — run by the Salvation Army — was converted to a homeless shelter in December 2023 and has since become the site of murders, assaults, overdoses, trespassing and other crimes, according to reports That same month, residents at the Renaissance Uptown...

Colorado Springs residents who woke up to near-freezing temperatures on Wednesday can look forward to sunny skies and warmer conditions later in the day, according to Gazette News partner KOAA. “A freeze warning and a frost advisory will remain in effect until 8 a.m. for El Paso County, with these freeze alerts also in effect for the Denver metro area and parts of northern Colorado,” Meteorologist Alan Rose said. After two days of strong winds, Wednesday is expected to be milder, with wind speeds of 10-16 mph and a high...

Periods of light snow will continue in Colorado’s high country on Wednesday, while the Front Range will see gusty conditions.

The winds should gradually decrease by midday in most areas, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Temperatures will remain below normal, with highs in Denver only expected to reach 61 degrees.

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kyle Harrison works against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) DENVER – From playing the team with the National League’s best record to the team with its worst, the San Francisco Giants needed the reset. With a 5-0 win over the Colorado Rockies, the Giants delivered the clean game manager Bob Melvin asked for after losing a four-game sweep to the Philadelphia Phillies. Kyle Harrison needed a little extra oxygen from...

The Giants didn’t get quite the offensive eruption they were hoping the Denver altitude might provide, but they scratched across plenty of runs for their precocious southpaw. Kyle Harrison, the 22-year-old rookie, became the first Giant since Barry Zito in 2012 to toss at least seven shutout innings in Coors Field. Harrison struck out just two, but worked efficiently in seven scoreless frames. He gave up just six baserunners — two walks and four hits — and has now allowed just one earned run in his past 18 innings pitched....

Jaylen Brown flipped a long pass from the right block out to Jayson Tatum early in Tuesday’s third quarter. It was the kind of pass, high-arching and hopeful, that finds a home on a Tuesday night in the regular season, but rarely, if ever, in the second round of the playoffs. Sure enough, there was Isaac Okoro, Cleveland’s sharpest defender, swatting Brown’s pass out of the air and into the backcourt. Okoro’s deflection triggered a two-man race, him and Tatum sprinting away from the action. Tatum won, tracking the ball...

Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray was slapped with a large fine, but not a suspension, by the NBA after throwing a towel and heating pad in the direction of an official during the team’s Game 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night. Murray was fined $100,000 for his actions, which the league announced in a release from Joe Dumars, executive vice president and head of basketball operations. Murray was spotted tossing a towel toward an official before a Nuggets staff member quickly whisked it away and before the...

Approximately 14 people sat in a circle in the Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Institute, leading chants in support of Palestine as more protesters outside chanted and banged on the building, according to an Instagram livestream from the Colorado Palestine Coalition. At least 10 protesters, including two wheelchair users, were arrested as of 6:30 p.m. Most appeared to be released after about an hour, leaving the building carrying yellow pieces of paper. Protesters earlier in the day entered the Tivoli Student Union as Angie Paccione, executive director of the Colorado Department of...

DENVER -- Joe Collier, the former Buffalo Bills head coach and architect of the Denver Broncos' famed "Orange Crush" defense, has died. He was 91. The Broncos said Collier's family confirmed that he died at his Littleton, Colorado, home on Monday night. "Joe Collier is one of the most impactful coaches in the history of the Denver Broncos and regarded among the best defensive coordinators of all time," the Broncos said in a statement. "He was an innovator in the NFL with his 3-4 defense, helping the Broncos to three...