Higher flush releases might cause minor flooding at low-level crossings or access points downstream of the dam, including ...

WATCH: Get the latest news updates on DPTV with Molly Hughes AURORA — A failure at the Cherry Creek Dam would inundate the heart of the Denver area with a torrent of deadly water, putting more ...

A final determination of what to do at the Cherry Creek Dam won’t be made until 2018. Butler, in an interview with The Denver Post, said his agency began evaluating the dam a couple of years ago ...

Along with the Cherry Creek Dam, USACE operates the Chatfield and Bear Creek dams to reduce the risk of flooding in and around Denver. Once a year, USACE needs to release more water than normal ...

Critics of the Corps' plans note that metro Denver has never had a storm as bad as the purported PMP. But even if the PMP estimates were 25 percent too high, the Cherry Creek Dam would still present a ...

Ever since the dam was pronounced unsafe by engineers, Denver has feared that its walls might one day crumble and a torrent of water go racing down Cherry Creek into the city. Not long ago the dam ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started a major water release from the Cherry Creek Dam at 6 a.m. Friday. Denver Police planned to release 400 cubic feet per second, CFS. That amount of water ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad responded to Cherry Creek State Park on Thursday at about 12:30 p.m. on a report of a “device” at the Cherry Creek Dam Spillway.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials killed a gray wolf from the Copper Creek Pack linked to four livestock attacks on the Western Slope this month, the agency said Friday. Gross Dam construction can ...

The Cherry Creek Dam became a priority, with construction starting in 1946. Most of all, the 1933 flood changed the way Denver deals with water-related risks, even to this day. In addition to ...

During normal operations, Cherry Creek Dam releases less than 100 cubic feet ... Flows from the last gate opened for the flush will reach downtown Denver on Wednesday evening.