Civil Commitment Study Advances In Colorado
A task force would study how to consolidate Colorado laws for placing someone in involuntary commitment under a bill advanced by House lawmakers.
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A task force would study how to consolidate Colorado laws for placing someone in involuntary commitment under a bill advanced by House lawmakers.
Colorado is closer to expanding Medicaid for needy adults as part of the federal health care overhaul.
Hundreds of people took a first step to a healthier lifestyle Sunday morning.
She lost her husband while he waited to find a bone marrow donor, and now a Denver woman is keeping his memory alive by helping others find their bone marrow match.
This weekend the organization Healthy Learning Paths is making a push to encourage children to be healthy. It's called the Frank Shorter Race for Kids.
Any parent knows the emergency room can be a scary place for children, but now kid-friendly facilities are popping up around the country.
An ambitious plan to make Colorado the first state with universal health care was spiked Friday by its Democratic sponsor.
A Gallup poll has listed Boulder as the metropolitan area with lowest rate of obesity in the country for the third year in a row.
A Denver surgeon is being investigated for botched surgery allegations that partially stem from Kortz's use of a robotic surgery arm while he performed surgeries at Porter Adventist Hospital.
The Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners has charged a Denver surgeon with 14 counts of unprofessional conduct after a series of failed procedures with a robotic surgery arm.
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects 25 million adults and eight million children in the U.S. A cutting-edge asthma inhaler is helping doctors create a more accurate treatment plan that pins down a patient's location and possible triggers around them.
Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn't be alive today if doctors at Children's Hospital of Colorado hadn't operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born.
There's a new way to treat patients in the emergency room at the new University of Colorado Hospital.
Under a new program at the University of Colorado, some employees are getting paid to work out.
Researchers are studying a new way to treat people with Type 2 Diabetes with a barrier that blocks some harmful foods.
Three to four feet of snow is possible in the hardest-hit areas, including Wolf Creek Pass and the San Juan Mountains. For most of the northern and central mountains, widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches are expected.
Cheyenne Frontier Days will run from July 17 to 26 and will have more rodeo events, $960,000 rodeo prize money — up from $770,000 — and a new "first Friday rodeo."
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
More than 700 community and business leaders, elected officials, students & supporters are expected at the celebration of women and girls' success around the world.
After months of pressing forward with billboard installations around campus against the wishes of the city of Fort Collins and many residents, Colorado State University has paused installation of additional signage for the time being.
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
Rev. Jesse Jackson was a famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. He died at the age of 84.
Joe Ruch is tracking much needed snow across Colorado.
A large fire on Colorado's Eastern Plains near Limon has been 100% contained after burning for several hours.
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Former Denver Nuggets Head Coach Doug Moe died in Texas at the age of 87.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
Elana Meyers Taylor has won her first Olympic gold in women's monobob, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games.
Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Bernice King shared a photo on social media of Jackson and King and wrote, "Both ancestors now..."
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
"There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide," she told the BBC.
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
The Trump administration's new discounted drug platform, TrumpRx, isn't a game-changer for consumers, health care experts said.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport now has a dedicated tank for unleaded aviation fuel, marking the first major milestone in its accelerated plan to phase out leaded fuel announced in 2023.
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced on Tuesday that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
IKEA announced on Tuesday that it will open a new location in Fort Collins.
Warner Bros. Discovery said that Paramount Skydance is considering enhancing its buyout offer for the entertainment company.
Local nonprofit Tax Help Colorado wants to help alleviate tax season stress. The program, 18 years in the making, is established by the IRS under the Mile High United Way and provides tax assistance for free.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.