Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories.

JOSHUA POLSON/ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Eaton's Keri Ruff gets ready to throw discuss on Friday during the Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.

Rampart's Tucker Hamilton took first place in the 5A 3200 meters run finals during the first day of the Colorado State Track Championships on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood, Colorado.

UPDATE: A photo forwarded to us from today's press conference announcing the lawsuit against Colorado's new gun safety bills, Dave Kopel of the Independence Institute on the right: See the man in the black shirt on the left? That's Clint Webster , a 2010 GOP candidate for House District 24.

FOR THE TRIBUNE/Kevin Jelden Eaton's David Jones pole vaults 13 feet 3 inches Thursday during the Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.

Some long-time Regional Transportation District customers are angry that their express bus service was dumped in favor of the newly opened W light rail line.

A Colorado state trooper on the job for less than six months has been placed on paid leave while he faces accusations that he had unlawful sexual contact with a woman while off-duty. Lakewood police on Tuesday issued Trooper William Metzler, 49, a summons to appear in court on charges of unlawful sexual contact and harassment stemming from the ... (more)

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Families walk around Crown Hill Lake at Crown Hill Park, which borders Lakewood and Wheat Ridge on Jan.

Richard Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall, poses for a photo at a home construction site with one of his crews working in the background in Lakewood, Colo.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has picked two Denver-area firms for a $98 million design-build reconstruction project for about a mile of West Sixth Avenue just west of Interstate 25.

TRIAL POSTPONED: Lawrence Crouch, pictured at a court appearance in January, will stand trial in July for the Oct.

In this April 24, 2013 photo, Richard Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall, poses for a photo at a home construction site with one of his crews working in the background in Lakewood, Colo.

The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company.

Shaffer Baucom Engineering & Consulting is celebrating its 15-year anniversary. The Lakewood, Colo.-based engineering firm was founded to provide engineering and consulting services to institutional, industrial, federal and commercial clients.

That promise however, has severely fallen flat on its face. Sure, the train gets you from Denver to Golden just fine, but in the process it has created a flurry of problems that outweigh the solutions it intended to provide.

Adelbert Bassford , convicted of scamming investors out of more than $1 million several years ago, has been arrested in connection with what authorities say is a new scam.

Located within 5 miles of Mile High Stadium and Coors Field, this Lakewood hotel provides free Wi-Fi in all guest rooms.

LAKEWOOD, Colo., May 5, 2013 -- A Lakewood veterinarian is urging pet owners to get their pets microchipped.

Brianna Lowe, an eighth-grade student at Longs Peak Middle School in Longmont, was recognized as the winner of the Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest at the local, district and state levels.