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DENVER — During spring break, Jefferson County teachers hoped they would be able to take a break from the work and difficulties that come with being in the classroom. Instead, after two administrators were injured in a shooting at East High School, they are fixated on the challenges and dangers they face as part of their profession.

Teachers question safety, profession after Denver high school shooting

DENVER — Just days after an East High School student shot two of that school’s administrators during a daily “pat down,” the principal of Denver's largest middle school tells 9NEWS his school must also perform daily pat downs on a student charged with, among other things, attempted first-degree murder and illegal discharge of a firearm.

Student accused of attempted murder placed in DPS school despite concerns of principal, Denver Police

DENVER — Denver Public Schools (DPS) will add an armed officer to each of the district’s high schools, the superintendent said Wednesday, after a student shot two staff members at East High School. In a letter to the Denver Board of Education, Dr. Alex Marrero admitted this decision...

Superintendent says each DPS high school will be staffed by armed officer

DENVER — Following an hourslong session behind closed doors, the Denver Public Schools Board voted unanimously Thursday to suspend a policy that prevented the district superintendent from allowing armed officers in schools. On Wednesday, two staff members were shot at East High School by a 17-year-old student while he...

Denver school board suspends policy, will allow armed officers in schools

DENVER — School resource officers (SROs) in schools does not automatically equal safer schools. Several research studies have concluded that armed officers in schools does not deter violence in schools. A study by the University of Albany, SUNY and the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit that uses research to influence...

Do school resource officers make schools safer?

Waterloo, IA

WATERLOO, Iowa — Kyle Klingman is a high school friend of Eric Sinclair who was shot and injured Wednesday at Denver's East High School. Klingman remembers Sinclair as a wrestler who wasn't afraid to have fun. Sinclair was one of two East High School staff members who were shot...

Friend of wounded East High School dean tells stories of a 'unique soul'

DENVER — Snow showers will return to the Denver metro area and Front Range this weekend. The snow showers will first develop Friday afternoon and continue into Saturday. A few inches of snow could fall in the Denver metro area Friday night into early Saturday. The showers will likely...

Here's how much snow Denver could get this weekend

DENVER — If you saw the plume of dark, black smoke in downtown Denver Friday morning, don't be alarmed. The Denver Fire Department (DFD) responded to a vehicle fire near Broadway and 6th Avenue in Denver around 9 a.m. Friday. SKY9 captured the large flames of a pickup truck...

Seeing smoke? Firefighters had to extinguish a truck on fire in Denver

DENVER — Just one day after two staff members were shot at East High School by a student, the Denver Public Schools Board voted unanimously Thursday to suspend a policy that prevented the district superintendent from allowing armed officers in schools. The staff members were shot by the 17-year-old...

Where school resource officers intersect with racial equity in school safety

FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. — A popular water park in the Denver area is hosting a job fair Wednesday. Water World is looking to hire people to fill hundreds of positions. Some of the positions the park is looking to fill include:. Guest service attendants. Lifeguards. Food service attendants. Horticulture...

Water World hosts job fair Wednesday

DENVER — A man with autism was kicked out of an Uber earlier this month after the driver said she was “feeling uncomfortable.”. Collin Lewis, 28, was left confused at the corner of Kalamath Street and West 6th Avenue where donut shop employees were able to take him in.

Man with autism kicked out of Uber after using 'Access-a-Ride' program

DENVER — The City and County of Denver is getting serious about office-to-residential conversions. Denver is spending $75,000 from its 2023 budget on a study that will assess the conversion of downtown office buildings to residential units. This study is scheduled for completion by the end of the year, according to Laura Swartz, communications director for Community Planning and Development.

Denver searches for landlords willing to convert offices to housing

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — A voice of Colorado sports radio since 1979 is back behind the microphone. Sandy Clough has returned to the sports talk radio airwaves after a six-month retirement. Clough will host a new two-hour weekday afternoon talk show in Denver on Mile High Sports 98.1 FM.

Longtime Denver sports radio host unretires

COLORADO, USA — Spring has arrived in Colorado with warm temperatures, blooming flowers, robins and bees. This final weekend of March brings more outdoor events, plus some great expos, shows and sporting events. Check out one of these fun events across Colorado this weekend and don't forget to share...

9Things to do in Colorado this March 24-26 weekend

AURORA, Colo. — Will the City of Aurora join the list of governments banning TikTok?. A proposal striving to keep the city's networks out of reach from the controversial app is on the table and headed for formal council consideration. A resolution brought forward by Councilmember Dustin Zvonek at...

TikTok ban on Aurora devices proposed by city councilmember

DENVER — Alexander Cisneros spent Wednesday morning in lockdown after one of his classmates at East High School allegedly shot two faculty members. Seven hours later, he spent the evening advocating for gun safety in front of the Colorado legislature. Just before 10 a.m., a 17-year-old student shot and...

East High School student testifies on gun bills hours after school shooting

Boulder, CO

BOULDER, Colo. — How safe is the air inside schools? It's a question that many researchers have asked, and now, a University of Colorado team is finding the answer. From his lab on the CU Boulder campus, engineering professor Mark Hernandez has been studying the quality of the air inside Denver Public Schools. Hernandez and a team researchers installed Attune Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Sensors inside 200 schools last summer so they could see what the students were breathing in real time.

Study finds poor air quality in school dramatically improves with filters

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — Mudvayne will bring its new summer tour to Colorado. The heavy metal band will be joined by Coal Chamber, GWAR, and Nonpoint and Butcher Babies at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre on Saturday, Aug. 26. "The Psychotherapy Sessions" tour is the first headlining tour from Mudvayne in...

Mudvayne announces Fiddler's Green concert

Bailey, CO

BAILEY, Colo. — A cell phone "ping" and information that the suspect in the shooting at Denver's East High School had previously camped in Colorado's high country helped law enforcement track him down, the Park County Sheriff said Thursday. New surveillance video obtained by 9NEWS showed Austin Lyle's 2005...

Surveillance video shows East High suspect in mountains an hour after the shooting

BOULDER, Colo. — It didn’t take long after the King Soopers shooting in Boulder for city leaders to start talking about guns. They promised to pass laws limiting access to the weapons used to kill 10 people inside the grocery store. Two years later, their fight continues in court.

New Boulder gun laws tied up in court two years after King Soopers shooting

DENVER — Since 2018, there have been 63 reported crimes at the Denver high school where a student shot and injured two staff members Wednesday morning. According to a 9NEWS review of Denver Police Department data, the most common reported crimes were related to drugs and alcohol or thefts.

Types of crimes most often reported at East High School

BOULDER, Colo. — The city of Boulder hosted a remembrance ceremony Wednesday evening to mark two years since the shooting at a King Soopers store. On March 22, 2021, 10 people were killed in the shooting at the store at 3600 Table Mesa Drive. They include:. Denny Stong, 20.

Community marks 2 years since shooting killed 10 people at Boulder King Soopers

DENVER — The Denver startup Honest Jobs landed a contract to help formerly incarcerated Coloradans find employment. Honest Jobs, an early-stage startup that relocated in 2021 from Columbus, Ohio, to Denver, will work to implement Attorney General Phil Weiser's Fair Chance Hiring Initiative, a $1.1 million program to bolster job options for people leaving Colorado's prison system. According to Weiser's office, 8,500 people leave Colorado prisons each year, and many of them struggle to find employment.

Colorado startup lands contract to help people find jobs after prison

DENVER — Police are looking for a driver who left the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian Friday night. The Denver Police Department (DPD) said the crash happened at North Federal Boulevard and West 14th Avenue just after 8 p.m. Police said the vehicle involved is a...

Driver leaves scene after fatal crash with pedestrian

Brighton, CO

BRIGHTON, Colo. — A student shot earlier this month outside a Brighton school had an ongoing "beef" with both of the suspects now charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, according to an arrest affidavit from the Brighton Police Department (BPD). Earlier this week, Jayden Garcia, 16, and Dakarei...

Teen grazed by bullet in shooting near Brighton school

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Aurora Public Schools among districts on late start Tuesday

AURORA, Colo. — Aurora Public Schools (APS) and Pickens Technical College will be on a one hour delay for students on Tuesday while sub-zero temperatures linger...

Aurora Public Schools among districts on late start Tuesday

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