Colorado Gives Day received record-setting $56.5M in donations
Colorado Gives Day received more than $56.5 million in donations from nearly 103,000 people in a record-setting amount.
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Colorado Gives Day received more than $56.5 million in donations from nearly 103,000 people in a record-setting amount.
The statewide movement has propelled Colorado to one of the top-ranked in the nation for charitable giving.
Tommy Pelican Monson encourages others to preserve Colorado's wild places, such as the Flat Tops Wilderness.
Dozens of Northern Colorado veterans are regaining their footing thanks to generous donors on Colorado Gives Day. Veterans living at, and working with, the Veterans Community Project in Longmont are benefiting from the generous donations of Coloradans.
The Colorado Gives Foundation has some special incentives for people who donate on Colorado Gives Day.
The YMCA of Metro Denver is working to help seniors and children keep their minds and bodies active.
Tuesday is Colorado Gives Day, and you can be part of a statewide movement to strengthen our communities.
Colorado Gives Day is Dec. 9 this year and it is the best day to give to support causes because your dollars can be matched and go further.
You can help Ability Connection Colorado on Colorado Gives Day.
On Oct. 29, more than $20,000 of equipment was stolen from Pay & Friends Inc. in Thornton. The Adams County Sheriff's Office says it has no leads on who could have done it, leaving the nonprofit to pick up the pieces.
We Don't Waste operates mobile markets across the Denver metro area, providing fresh food to people from all backgrounds. CEO Kyle Endres said demand has surged dramatically in the past year.
A laser show at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood highlights movement to boost philanthropy in Colorado ahead of Colorado Gives Day.
This Giving Tuesday and as part of Colorado Gives Day, we are highlighting the life-changing work done by Raise the Future. The nonprofit organization connects foster children with permanent families by using child-focused recruitment, adoption resources, and long-term family support.
Ednium has spearheaded change in Denver and across the state, including making financial literacy a requirement for all Colorado high school graduates.
The Village Institute in Aurora helps newly arrived immigrant families, including refugees, have a place they feel they can belong, teaches English language skills, provides early childhood education, mental health services, and more.
The pop-up laser shows are part of the statewide movement to celebrate and increase philanthropy in Colorado. There will be three locations across the Front Range.
Firefly Autism President and CEO Dr. Amanda Kelly has been working with people with autism for two decades.
Colorado Gives Foundation CEO Kelly Dunkin and Women's World on Wheels CEO Kelley Fox sat down with us in the studio to talk about how you can support nonprofits ahead of Colorado Gives Day.
The Denver Press Club is the oldest press club in America. It was founded in 1867 to support journalism and journalists in Colorado.
The nonprofit is looking for donations through Colorado Gives Day.
Girl Scouts of Colorado is one of the nonprofits that is part of Colorado Gives Day. Girls who participate find belonging and build confidence.
FISH Executive Director Dayna Scott explained that, as one of the only food pantries in Broomfield County, they're already stocking up for Thanksgiving.
Inside the halls of Aurora West Preparatory School, mentors like Victoria Smith are working one-on-one with students to turn their lives around and away from the criminal justice system.
The Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation is looking for some funding help to keep its mission going.
A Colorado nonprofit called Charity Aviation is helping people experiencing food insecurity in the state's rural communities.
Former Colorado Rockies First Baseman Todd Helton is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove Award Winner. Now, he has been memorialized in a statue that baseball fans can enjoy for years to come.
On Saturday, the Junior League of Denver gathered at nonprofits across the metro area to hold events for the community, donate supplies and more.
A Colorado hospital employee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison last week after pleading guilty to allegations she substituted pain medications prescribed to patients with over-the-counter drugs in order to feed her own addiction.
Although FEMA has approved some assistance for Colorado's major disaster request, it has opted not to include portions of the request for individual assistance and the hazard mitigation grant program.
Police are investigating a crash in Wheat Ridge involving a pickup truck and a semi-truck that left one person dead.
Former Colorado Rockies First Baseman Todd Helton is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove Award Winner. Now, he has been memorialized in a statue that baseball fans can enjoy for years to come.
On Saturday, the Junior League of Denver gathered at nonprofits across the metro area to hold events for the community, donate supplies and more.
A Colorado hospital employee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison last week after pleading guilty to allegations she substituted pain medications prescribed to patients with over-the-counter drugs in order to feed her own addiction.
Although FEMA has approved some assistance for Colorado's major disaster request, it has opted not to include portions of the request for individual assistance and the hazard mitigation grant program.
Police are investigating a crash in Wheat Ridge involving a pickup truck and a semi-truck that left one person dead.
The American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming is helping three people in Littleton who lost their home in a fire on Friday.
Police are investigating a crash in Wheat Ridge involving a pickup truck and a semi-truck that left one person dead.
The man accused of killing one person and hurting others in a crash with a Colorado school bus last year has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and other charges.
The Aspen Acres fire in southern Colorado has burned more than 102,000 acres and damaged hundreds of homes and other structures. The federal government recently approved help for debris removal and community recovery, but FEMA has denied Colorado's requests for Individual Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants. Survivors say that as cleanup continues and they try to rebuild, the costs are mounting, and they hope FEMA will reconsider.
Watch meteorologist Callie Zanandrie's forecast.
Former Colorado Rockies First Baseman Todd Helton is a five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger and three-time Gold Glove Award Winner. Now, he has been memorialized in a statue that baseball fans can enjoy for years to come.
Colorado State University has a four-legged member of its football game-day crew whose job begins as soon as the Rams kick off.
Tim Tebow returns Sunday to Empower Field at Mile High for the first time since his iconic 80-yard touchdown pass in 2012.
Denver's Ball Arena will soon sport several modern updates to improve the fans' experience.
Once you go inside and open the door to the basement, you are immediately welcomed with Broncos jerseys and a sea of orange and blue, from the ceiling, down the blue carpet.
In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around artificial intelligence possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax.
The lawsuit argues the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts.
President Trump said Friday that three outlets would be banned from the White House, "effective immediately."
Wildfires have burned more than 8.5 million acres of land in the U.S. this year, and at the peak of the season, there weren't enough people or equipment to fight them.
President Trump said he struck a deal to give the U.S. "permanent control over security" in Greenland following a push by the president to boost U.S. influence over the island — or take it over.
In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump called fears around artificial intelligence possibly becoming a superintelligence that could pose a threat to human existence a hoax.
President Trump said Friday that three outlets would be banned from the White House, "effective immediately."
President Trump said he struck a deal to give the U.S. "permanent control over security" in Greenland following a push by the president to boost U.S. influence over the island — or take it over.
Americans are optimistic about scientific advances in AI, but concerned that AI may take jobs.
CBS News observed two MS NOW employees being turned away from the White House on Saturday morning.
Officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued an alert about a possible measles exposure after a confirmed case with an unvaccinated out-of-state visitor earlier this week.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A long-running lawsuit challenging what it means to be an employee and therefore have access to work-based health plans is being closely watched by health policy analysts.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
With diesel prices nearly doubling, businesses that rely on diesel are hurting.
The average for diesel has reached a new high in Colorado. AAA says the price of diesel is now at $6.12 per gallon, which is affecting trucking companies.
For one student at Metropolitan State University of Denver, an internship at Sierra Space began with training at the university's Cybersecurity Center.
The CEO of the world's largest chipmaker told CBS News that tech companies should proceed with artificial intelligence development despite recent warnings from worried industry leaders that there may be a need to pull back.
The manufacturer has received hundreds of reports of blankets "smoking, melting or burning" due to overheating, according to a recall notice.
Denver Health ambulances took more than nine minutes to arrive after being assigned to an emergency call 7,865 times during the first seven months of 2026, according to an analysis of ambulance response records obtained by CBS Colorado.
A series of internal emails and text messages obtained by CBS Colorado appears to show the Denver city attorney pushing to get her former law firm hired for legal work involving Denver International Airport — even after the airport's insurance company initially rejected the firm.
A Denver man is the latest consumer to raise concerns about the technology being used to pay for and enforce parking downtown.
Evergreen High has two new members of its community -- two dogs whose presence has become part of the daily rhythm of the school, offering students and staff something they desperately needed after a shooting shattered their sense of safety.
Denver's Board of Ethics voted unanimously to investigate two complaints against City Attorney Miko Brown.