Cherry Creek State Park Swim Beach Closed For E. coli Testing
The swim beach area at Cherry Creek State Park is off limits to swimmers due to a high level of E. coli bacteria.
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The swim beach area at Cherry Creek State Park is off limits to swimmers due to a high level of E. coli bacteria.
Colorado is about to become the first state in the country with its own emergency brigade of health care workers.
The swim beach at Chatfield State Park reopened Wednesday after it was closed Tuesday due to the presence of E. coli.
Colorado is the first state in the country to require insurers to cover annual mental wellness exams just as they do annual physicals.
Colorado is now only the second state in the country to cap the price of insulin for all diabetics.
The Denver Zoo plans to vaccinate some of its residents against COVID-19 within the next few weeks.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says it has more than $173 million in federal funding allocated for testing students in the state for the upcoming school year.
The swim beach at Chatfield State Park closed Tuesday due to the presence of E. coli.
Colorado has the second fastest-growing population of older adults in the country. However, the number of geriatric doctors is not keeping pace.
A skunk tested positive for rabies after spraying a dog last week in Lafayette.
The sheriff's office has changed its standards throughout the pandemic to keep the jail population down, accommodate testing and isolate inmates to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The swim beach at Chatfield State Park has been closed due to the presence of E. coli.
A new study has found that the allure of a million dollar lottery prize did not increase COVID-19 vaccination numbers by much in the Midwest. In Colorado, the full impact isn't clear.
Colorado has reached a major milestone in its fight against COVID-19. A total of 70% of all Coloradans have at least one dose of the vaccine.
Denver Parks and Recreation continues to gradually reopen city recreation centers and offer more programs this month. Tuesday, July 6 will be the third phase of reopening Denver Recreation Centers.
The self-driving car company Waymo has moved to the next phase of testing in Denver by removing the backup drivers.
On Saturday afternoon, officials announced a ground stop and a ground delay at Denver International Airport due to high winds and staffing shortages.
Aurora Ward II City Councilmember Amy Wiles says she wants a pause on the approval of new data centers while the city develops policies on how to handle them.
One person died and another was injured in a grass fire, Greeley police said. It happened after sudden high winds knocked down power lines near the intersection of Highway 34 and Highway 85.
Aurora students in the Cherry Creek School District don't start school for about nine more days, but Thursday was day one for all the new teachers embarking on their teaching journey.
From record heat to rain and thunderstorms in Denver and across Colorado
Joe Ruch explains the microburst in Greeley, Colorado
More children are choosing to specialize in sports earlier in their academic careers. One school in Colorado is adapting to that trend, combining education and athletics.
The self-driving car company Waymo has moved to the next phase of testing in Denver by removing the backup drivers.
On Saturday, the City of Denver held its third annual Back to School Days Festival, giving away school supplies, haircuts, vaccines and dental exams.
Jorge Messi served as his son's agent and accompanied him to Europe when he signed with Barcelona as a teenager.
The kickoff time for the Denver Summit FC game on Saturday has been moved due to high temperatures forecast for this weekend.
It's no secret youth sports are changing. These days, more kids are specializing in one sport at younger ages, as opposed to playing multiple sports into adolescence.
Nearly a year after identifying Burnham Yard as the preferred site for a new stadium, the Broncos say they're still on track to open a new home in 2031.
Colorado State University has signed a new multi-year partnership with adidas, making the sportswear company the official footwear, uniform, apparel and sideline partner for Rams athletics.
Jorge Messi served as his son's agent and accompanied him to Europe when he signed with Barcelona as a teenager.
The total is also the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
In a narrow 50-49 vote, President Trump's former defense lawyer was confirmed as attorney general in a vote early Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the helicopter crashed in Richfield, which is about 160 miles south of Salt Lake City.
A sudden slump in hiring has dramatically changed the outlook for the Federal Reserve's September interest rate decision.
In a narrow 50-49 vote, President Trump's former defense lawyer was confirmed as attorney general in a vote early Saturday.
A federal appeals court said the White House lacks the authority to unilaterally construct the 90,000-square-foot ballroom. President Trump said the administration will appeal to the Supreme Court.
A federal appeals court is set to consider President Trump's effort to fire two immigration judges this fall, a case that could have significant implications for federal workers.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon's attorneys wrote that Trump's animosity toward Lemon "is well documented, stretching back over a decade."
The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of documents and images related to UFOs, the fifth disclosure in recent months about the strange encounters.
Social workers at the Barbara Davis Center attend to all the needs created by having an expensive, chronic illness.
A Minnesota woman says she fainted, spiked a 102-degree fever, and was hospitalized with sepsis three days after eating a chicken burrito bowl at a Chipotle in Roseville, and genetic testing connected her case to a multistate outbreak, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Thursday's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress follows years of tension with GOP Sen. Rand Paul, hinging on the origins of the coronavirus and a controversial type of research.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new seasonal flu vaccine from Moderna that uses mRNA technology, the drugmaker announced.
At least 345 people — the majority in Colorado and Minnesota — have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Heat pumps cool and heat indoor spaces, and the Denver Regional Council of Governments recently received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to promote their use.
A sudden slump in hiring has dramatically changed the outlook for the Federal Reserve's September interest rate decision.
The typical American's paycheck has grown faster since 2019 than in any stretch since the early 1980s. But prices climbed nearly as fast, swallowing about 80% of the wage increase.
Friday's jobs report showed employers shed jobs last month, rather than adding 95,000 new hires that had been forecast by economists.
A Transportation Department proposal could obscure the cost of a plane ticket, aviation experts warn. Here's what to know.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited Colorado's Supermax prison, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in southern Colorado before holding a private meeting with U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and Hispanic faith leaders.
An accident that sent two passengers tumbling from a chairlift at Vail was caused by components that were improperly installed when the lift was built nearly two decades ago, according to a state investigation.
For the first time, court photos show the inside of a Commerce City home where authorities found three children, 31 dogs, two cats and two guinea pigs living last fall.
A series of sports photos have become treasured memories for a grieving community.
Nearly three out of every four written comments submitted to the Colorado Department of Transportation during the early public review of its proposed Bus Rapid Transit project on Colorado Boulevard oppose the idea.