The state’s prisons unconstitutionally coerced prison labor by levying severe punishments — including solitary confinement — against prisoners who refused to work, Denver District Court Judge Sarah Wallace found in the 61-page ruling.

The pedestrian was hit around 10:30 a.m. near Smith Road and Dahlia Street, the Denver Police Department reported on X.

A Silver Plume house fire that sparked Sunday afternoon quickly spread to the nearby brush along Interstate 70, according to Clear Creek County officials.

House Bill 26-1134, titled “Fairness and Transparency in Municipal Court,” clarifies that municipal court defendants have a right to counsel.

A Douglas County deputy was fired after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, assault, careless driving and obstructing a peace officer, the sheriff’s office said.

One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Denver’s Valverde neighborhood early Saturday morning, police said.

A 4-year-old boy was found safe after he was abducted from his home in Commerce City on Friday afternoon, police officials said.