Jason Brake, 57, admitted to felony menacing after pointing a gun at another driver in October.

The one potential cut that could impact Colorado’s wildfire preparedness could come from AmeriCorps, a federal work program, which includes firefighting in its mission.

A Denver Sheriff Department deputy was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony menacing, harassment, stalking and criminal mischief related to domestic violence.

A 12-year-old girl critically injured in a motorcycle crash last week has died, Thornton police said Wednesday.

An officer was doing speed enforcement in the 4200 block of 104th Avenue at around 4:40 p.m. and tried to pull over a speeding vehicle, the Thornton Police Department said.

The eastbound interstate was closed between exit 114 for West Glenwood and exit 119 for No Name, according to CDOT. The closure started at about 8 a.m. and lifted after 2 p.m.

On the second anniversary of a shooting at a Denver restaurant that left two people dead, police are still searching for a suspect.

Brighton officers found two people who had been shot to death behind a home in the 100 block of North 7th Avenue at about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, the police department said.

A Fort Collins man hit by a vehicle on Interstate 25 near Mead while fleeing from police earlier this month was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death and burning of a Greeley resident.