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Highway 285 near Poncha Springs reopened Wednesday after multiple mudslides closed the highway late Tuesday night.
Recent rainfall in Colorado's high country has led officials to lift some fire restrictions.
Some parents say the state's new plan to provide free weekly testing for Colorado's 900,000 students crosses the line.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it plans to propose reclassifying a rare Colorado River Basin fish called the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened status after a multiyear and multistate effort throughout the Southwestern U.S. to replenish its populations.
Colorado has a major shortage of doctors and caregivers for our aging population.
Much drier weather will dominate most of Colorado on Wednesday including in the mountains where the threat for flash flooding and mudslides has finally ended.
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 El Paso County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday night, about eight hours after they responded, the 4-year-old child died from a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Denver Zoo plans to vaccinate some of its residents against COVID-19 within the next few weeks.
Multiple mudslides near Poncha Springs closed Highway 285 late Tuesday night.
The visit comes just days after more than a thousand companies found their data encrypted in what is believed to be the largest ransomware spree in history.
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.
The McNichols Civic Center Building is reopening just in time for Major League Baseball's All-Star Week.
A migrant woman who spoke with CBS News Colorado said she's happy in Aurora. Her husband found work after they arrived and her daughter is in school.
Heavy equipment is now at work at the Marshall Mesa Trailhead in Boulder County, digging and tossing and mixing and replacing. That is how a coal fire is doused.
The City of Denver says the number of migrants coming to Denver is extremely low, but those already here are concerned about the future, as President-elect Donald Trump promises mass deportation of undocumented migrants.
Just behind that modern, clean front room is a warehouse with busy workers, moving stock of bikes and others standing at bike stands, meticulously adding piece by piece to a bike frame until they become the full deal.
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For new parents in the Denver metro area, finding the right child care facility can be challenging and expensive. However, a new state law beginning this year can help ease some of the financial strain.
Many small businesses in Colorado have taken a large hit because of tariffs. While some local businesses are passing along the increased costs to customers, a local liquor store is doing the opposite and reducing its prices for wines and spirits.
It's the most common tree in Douglas County, but it's also under threat from the mountain pine beetle. As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sounds the alarm about pine beetle outbreaks, there are steps homeowners can take to protect ponderosa pines.
A semi hauling crude oil skidded off a western Colorado highway and rolled New Year's Day. The damaged tanker trailer did not leak, however.
In an update Saturday afternoon, the Denver Fire Department said they're continuing to fight the flames after a construction site for an apartment building was engulfed in fire last night.
Denver could see a storm late next week.
Fire crews are still fighting the flames after a massive fire destroyed an apartment complex under construction on Friday night, and officials say they will continue to do so overnight. Some buildings next to the fire were damaged by the intense heat, but firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to those buildings.
Telluride says it is planning a limited opening on Monday. The resort has been closed for a week due to an ongoing labor dispute.
Legislators in Colorado are weighing in on a U.S. military operation Friday night that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
A fire at the Colorado Mills facility in Lamar was contained Friday night after a component overheated, causing a mechanical failure.
Gabe Vigil loved so many things, including helping others, dressing up in fancy suits, his motorcycle, and, of course, the Broncos. Above all, he loved his family.
Nathan MacKinnon has joined the 400-goal club in the NHL!
Three members of the Colorado Avalanche will be heading to Italy next year to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Jokic left Monday night's game against the Miami Heat with a knee injury before the end of the first half at the Kaseya Center when Jokic made accidental contact with teammate Spencer Jones.
Quarterback Drew Brees and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald headline the list of modern era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
An indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking was unsealed Saturday.
President Trump said the U.S. would "run the country" of Venezuela until "a safe, proper and judicious transition," following the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro.
Many U.S. adversaries condemned the U.S. strikes on Venezuela, while other governments called for deescalation.
After the U.S. carried out an attack inside Venezuela, Trump said Maduro was captured and flown out, and the U.S. would "run" Venezuela for now.
Diane Crump died Thursday night in hospice care, her daughter said. The 77-year-old was diagnosed in October with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
An indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking was unsealed Saturday.
President Trump said the U.S. would "run the country" of Venezuela until "a safe, proper and judicious transition," following the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro.
After the U.S. carried out an attack inside Venezuela, Trump said Maduro was captured and flown out, and the U.S. would "run" Venezuela for now.
In a pretaped interview on state TV, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro evaded a question about a U.S. strike at a docking area that the Trump administration believed was used by drug cartels.
As U.S.-Iran tension soars, Trump warns violence against protesters could bring an American intervention: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
In response to regulatory actions by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Denver Health and Children's Hospital Colorado say they have suspended all medical gender-affirming care for patients under 18.
Some people are starting "Dry January," where they stop or cut back on alcohol as part of their New Year's resolutions. The owner of an Aurora tea shop is embracing mindful drinking after losing his wife to pancreatic cancer.
Colorado is seeing a sharp rise in flu cases this winter, with state health officials reporting a surge in hospitalizations tied to a new strain of the virus.
Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.
Several marijuana products sold by a single company to dispensaries across Colorado have potentially unsafe pesticides that exceed the legal limits, state health and business regulators said on Wednesday.
Abel, 63, takes the helm of Berkshire Hathaway after a six-decade run by Buffett.
Tesla's electric vehicle sales fell 9% in 2025 from a year ago amid the expiration of a $7,500 EV U.S. tax credit.
Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.
Banks, post offices and major stock exchanges will be closed in observance of the federal holiday, but some stores are open.
Several marijuana products sold by a single company to dispensaries across Colorado have potentially unsafe pesticides that exceed the legal limits, state health and business regulators said on Wednesday.
State regulators said the text message from Christian Hatfield, the former district attorney for Colorado's 22nd Judicial District, "caused the staff member emotional harm."
A Venezuelan national suspected in a string of attempted armed robberies in 2024 in Denver's ritzy Cherry Creek North neighborhood has been apprehended in Detroit, according to police and prosecutors.
Six women who say they were drugged and raped by former cardiologist Stephen Matthews plan to file a civil lawsuit against Matthews and the Hinge dating app, which they say allowed Matthews to remain on the app even after women had told Hinge that Matthews was a rapist.
In Denver 10 months ago, a man named Ben Varga had just gotten dropped off at Washington Park to meet friends for a picnic. Not far away, two men were on a bench arguing.
In late 2024, Chrisanne Grimaldi was facing a common problem; she was drowning in medical debt totaling $80,000 and needed cash to pay down her debt.
