Denver civil rights leader James Peters dies at 92
A Denver pastor and Civil Rights icon who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington has passed away.
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A Denver pastor and Civil Rights icon who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington has passed away.
Serving the community meant clearing racial hurdles. And sometimes entailed paying the highest price in the line of duty.
Tori Mason hosts CBS Colorado's Elevating Black Voices special.
To wrap up celebrations of Black History Month, fermentation students at CSU are selling peach cobbler beer at the on-campus brewery.
Walking through Denver's Five Points Neighborhood is like walking through history. It's Denver's first predominantly Black neighborhood, historically a haven for small businesses like restaurants, and you can't forget about the music, especially Jazz. Five Points was known to many as the "Harlem of the West." Another kind of music was playing in churches here, worship and faith built the foundation of this community. Community is how so many Black businesses thrived here for decades, and community is what they're trying to get back after years of gentrification. History and the future can be found together at the intersection of Welton Street, North Washington Street, 27th Street, and East 26th Avenue. Join CBS Colorado as we take a look at Five Points: Then and Now.
As the first African American woman to be ordained as a rabbi, Denver Rabbi Alysa Uriel Stanton's journey is one of determination, faith, and unwavering strength.
The National Brotherhood of Snowsports is back in Colorado celebrating its 52nd year as an organization.
A woman who started as a graphic designer became an icon for giving voice to her Colorado community.
Ada Belle Evans unseated an incumbent by 20 votes and wound up leaving an enduring impact.
A brand with a following, and an inspiration for other girls to chase their dreams.
A new resource is bringing culturally appropriate health care providers to Black Coloradans.
After leading efforts to get the course approved in Douglas County, the teacher is now preparing to teach it, reviewing the textbook, attending a weeklong class from AP, and meeting with a Cherry Creek teacher already teaching the course.
The Pentagon has issued a memo pausing "special observances" of several federal holidays amid a targeting of diversity initiatives from the White House, prompting shock, anger, and concern from several organizations in Colorado.
Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made her home in Colorado.
Event organizers in the Denver metro area are pulling out the stops for Black History Month with music, art, history, and celebrations of the legacies of influential Black members of the community.
The film is focused on visits in 1964 and 1967, and how Coloradans responded when the civil rights leader was slain.
"Make Real the Promises of Democracy" is the 2025 theme, with events held over several days.
Dearfield was an early 20th-century African American townsite. It was founded by O. T. Jackson in 1910 and survived for two decades, supported by a 20,000-acre farm colony.
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver is giving students an extra confidence boost before they head back to school. Its gym was packed with Black girls getting their curls washed, pressed and styled as part of its "Locs and Lessons" event.
New racial equity study by state seeks to quantify impacts of racism on African Americans today.
For the third time, Colorado officially celebrates Juneteenth, and communities will look to celebrate the federal holiday through several events around the state.
The City of Aurora is celebrating Juneteenth with a midweek celebration at the Aurora Municipal Center Great Lawn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12.
A celebration more than a decade in the making filled the Denver Highlands with music and excitement. Dozens of families celebrated YMOP as the nonprofit recently held its inaugural Night of Purpose gala.
Fresh off his flight back from Texas, Ed Dwight walked with CBS Colorado across the terminal at Denver International Airport and reminisced about the opportunity he got over the weekend.
They started Wanderland Outdoors. A luxury Colorado outfitter that offers guided mindful hiking, guided fly-fishing trips, trail rides and more.
The person shot by a Denver police officer on Tuesday has died.
Newly obtained paperwork reveals the Regional Transportation District settled the lawsuit with former police chief Joel Fitzgerald for $10,000.
With astronauts closing out on-board tests, flight controllers are prepping for re-entry and splashdown Friday.
There's a chance reservoirs in Colorado have seen all the water collection they're going to get, and from here on out, Colorado will start sucking the water away from them for the rest of the year.
The Colorado State Patrol says it has impounded the vehicle investigators believe is the car that struck and killed a 67-year-old mentally disabled man known throughout the Evergreen community.
Join CBS Colorado, 97.3 KBCO, and Raise the Future for A Day for Wednesday's Child on Wednesday, April 8th.
The person shot by a Denver police officer on Tuesday has died.
Newly obtained paperwork reveals the Regional Transportation District settled the lawsuit with former police chief Joel Fitzgerald for $10,000.
There's a chance reservoirs in Colorado have seen all the water collection they're going to get, and from here on out, Colorado will start sucking the water away from them for the rest of the year.
The Colorado State Patrol says it has impounded the vehicle investigators believe is the car that struck and killed a 67-year-old mentally disabled man known throughout the Evergreen community.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston talks about why organizations like Raise the Future and fundraising efforts for A Day for Wednesday's Child are so important to both current and future generations in the Mile High City.
A Day for Wednesday's Child celebrates the families that are created through permanency out of foster care.
Evacuations lifted after crews contained the Goat Trail Fire in Boulder County.
All evacuations were lifted after crews contained the Cougar Run Fire burning near Carter Lake in Larimer County.
Mandatory evacuations ordered early Wednesday morning in Colorado for the Cougar Run Fire burning near Carter Lake in Larimer County were lifted a few hours later.
This is Michigan's second NCAA title in school history, and the win ends a 26-year national championship drought for the Big Ten.
After shutting out Cornell in the semifinals, the University of Denver Pioneers' goalie Johnny Hicks made 26 saves against Western Michigan to knock out the defending national champs and send the Pioneers to Vegas.
Sidewalks were packed, and streets were buzzing Friday, as thousands of fans flooded downtown Rockies Opening Day.
Despite needing help with his motor skills and movement, it hasn't stopped Randy Milliken from loving his favorite team.
With only a few hours left until the big game -- the Colorado Rockies home opener at Coors Field in Denver -- CBS Colorado was keeping an eye on Ticketmaster for baseball fans who are looking to still purchase a ticket.
With astronauts closing out on-board tests, flight controllers are prepping for re-entry and splashdown Friday.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear before the House Oversight Committee next week to answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein, the panel said.
Cameras on some Chevrolet Malibus can display blank or distorted images, posing a risk to drivers, according to safety regulators.
Many employees expect to retire later as mounting expenses strain budgets, while others hunker down at work as part of the "great stay."
Investors cheered the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, which President Trump said is contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change.
Days after the Federal Heights police and fire chiefs were seemingly terminated from their positions, community members are speaking out against what they say has been a long history of retaliation against first responders.
Lakewood council members approved four separate ordinances last year that eliminated minimum parking requirements, limited the size of a home, and lifted restrictions on how many units could be in that home.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear before the House Oversight Committee next week to answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein, the panel said.
President Trump said he has agreed to a "double sided CEASEFIRE" with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline for Iran to either cut a deal with the U.S. or face massive strikes on its power plants.
Two more drug-making giants, Abbvie and Genentech, will start selling popular medications on the White House's discounted pharmaceutical site as soon as Monday.
Behind some of the viral physiques lies a troubling trend: the use of a powerful drug never approved for humans.
The Environmental Protection Agency also added microplastics to its contaminant candidate list for the first time.
The COVID-19 variant BA.3.2, nicknamed "Cicada," has been detected in at least 23 countries and half the states in the U.S.
About half a million people in Colorado are living with a brain injury and many of them don't know it.
Cameras on some Chevrolet Malibus can display blank or distorted images, posing a risk to drivers, according to safety regulators.
Many employees expect to retire later as mounting expenses strain budgets, while others hunker down at work as part of the "great stay."
Investors cheered the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, which President Trump said is contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Artificial intelligence is more likely to change the nature of work than to supplant masses of workers, according to researchers.
Raising a child through age 18 is most expensive in Hawaii, where a family would spend an estimated $412,661 in 2026, LendingTree found.
A single malfunctioning piece of new equipment triggered a recent, sweeping power outage at Denver International Airport — an incident that stranded passengers in elevators and delayed nearly 500 flights.
Anticipating a challenging summer wildfire season, forecasters with Colorado's Division of Fire Prevention and Control are preparing to rely heavily on a pair of state-owned aircraft-both to detect fires early and to assist in fighting them once they ignite.
CBS Colorado is investigating a trucking company involved in a crash at a gas station in the southern part of the Denver metro area last month.
A Denver jury has found activist Regan Benson, a frequent critic of police, guilty of "doxing" a Denver police commander during a livestream last September, in what appears to be the first conviction under Colorado's anti-doxing law.
Fire chiefs in two departments northwest of Denver, Westminster and Arvada, say gaps in emergency dispatch technology between neighboring departments can slow response times and, in some cases, limit how quickly help arrives.