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Residents of Eagle County in Colorado's high country approved a ballot measure in Tuesday's election that will double the county's lodging tax to help support child care, public safety and advertising for local tourism.
One of the two propositions Coloradans voted on Tuesday, MM, dealt with whether the state would raise taxes on households making over $300,000 to fund the Healthy Meals for All program.
One of the two propositions Coloradans voted on Tuesday, LL, dealt with whether the state would spend $12.4 million in tax revenue raised by a previous proposition on the Healthy Meals for All program.
Douglas County voters cast their ballots in Tuesday's election in Colorado. Eight candidates were running for four open spots on the Board of Education of Douglas County School District RE-1, and while the votes were still being counted, the early returns showed progressive candidates in the lead.
All union-backed candidates were leading in the Denver Board of Education elections. Only one of three incumbents seeking re-election, Xochitl Gaytán, was leading.
Voters in Denver on Tuesday are deciding the fate of a $950 million bond that could change the landscape of the city.
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver celebrated the completion of its latest affordable home community in Aurora to house 20 families.
Scientists say cloud seeding can boost snowpack by up to 12% during storms that already form naturally, a small change that can add up for the Colorado River.
A Colorado woman only received treatment for perimenopause after consultation with a second doctor. Initially, her symptoms were brushed off as stress.
As thousands of people in Colorado face uncertainty with SNAP benefits, some food pantries are already running low on food.
Measure 300 proposes raising the amount of affordable housing that must come with new developments, and Measure 301 proposes possible higher fees for those developers.
Prosecutors charged a former Englewood police officer for his alleged actions during a traffic stop last month, where he's accused of tasing a man, putting him in a chokehold, and lying about the interaction.
Neighbors living along a stretch of Peoria Street near Alaska Avenue are calling on the city to help protect their houses. In the last year, at least five cars have crashed into homes.
Just off I-70, crews are putting some of final touches on the Mighty Argo Cable Car, a new gondola that will carry visitors from downtown Idaho Springs up to the summit of Virginia Canyon Mountain Park.
A victim of sexual assault along with state lawmakers are calling on the Colorado Supreme Court to change its rules and regulations.
A new law in Colorado expands access to solar panels by legalizing small, portable plug-in units. These devices could produce up to nearly 2,000 watts of energy, but the products are not yet widely available.
Of the people CBS Colorado interviewed on Tuesday, they all were wondering why the emergency siren went off.
Twenty years after firefighters figured out Genesee would have a big problem evacuating people in a big fire, a new evacuation route is open.
As wildfire concerns grow across Colorado's mountains, firefighters in Summit County spent part of the week walking through a neighborhood and evaluating which homes they would be able to defend if a wildfire raced toward them.
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A Castle Rock man who says he mistook his wife for an intruder and shot her in the stomach calls what happened "a big accident."
Statistics from Colorado State Patrol show a 112% increase in just one year for citations issued for drivers who used both pot and alcohol.
A Jefferson County District Court Judge ruled a temporary restraining order obtained by the Jeffco sheriff and county attorney, preventing CBS4 from posting a news story, amounted to "unconstitutional prior restraint."
A female Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy took part in fondling and frequent "phone sex" with an inmate and "felt like she got in 'deep water" with the relationship."
Michael Clifton, the co-defendant of Rene Lima-Marin, who was accidentally released nine decades too early, will not be released from prison.
Monsoon rainstorms targeted areas east of the Denver metro area on Wednesday, causing flash flooding in some parts.
Volunteers say they are happy to do their part in keeping the corridor clean, but people who use the area should be picking up their trash as they go.
A couple in Colorado has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that investigators said is linked to an alleged hit-and-run crash that happened just minutes earlier.
Boulder city leaders are considering the sale of a public parking lot for a proposed 110-room hotel with commercial space.
Fort Morgan leaders say they're breathing a sigh of relief after Cargill and Teamsters Local 455 reached a tentative agreement that could end the nearly 70-day lockout at the company's beef processing facility.
Aurora is transforming the Great Lawn of the Aurora Municipal Center to water-efficient turf amid drought conditions.
Country music star Garth Brooks chatted with CBS Colorado Mornings about his tour coming to Denver in September and shared details on new music he is planning to release. Tickets for his "Blame It All on My Roots" tour go on sale Friday.
A couple in Colorado has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting over the weekend that investigators said is linked to an alleged hit-and-run crash that happened just minutes earlier. According to investigators in the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Steven Simpson and Corryn Simpson were arrested on Wednesday.
Volunteers dedicate their time twice a week to clean up the Clear Creek Corridor in Golden. The city of Golden says the volunteers meet every Monday and Thursday between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Denver police are searching for an aggravated robbery suspect at a business near Leetsdale and Monaco.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Denver Broncos Linebacker Nik Bonitto is teaming up with the Safeway Foundation's Nourishing Neighbors program, the Bonitto Family Foundation and Food Bank of the Rockies to help fight childhood hunger.
Denver Broncos' Jonathon Cooper appeared in a Douglas County courtroom on Friday morning, where a judge set a date for his arraignment on criminal charges.
There were 89 people arrested in the New York area over the course of the World Cup, the NYPD said.
Economic activity weakened between April and June as energy costs surged, new government data shows.
The Trump administration on Thursday reiterated its view that China's alleged efforts to collect millions of American voter registration files constituted election interference.
The DOJ is seeking to deport an Afghan woman who prosecutors allege is an "alien terrorist," in the first-ever test case before a secretive court that has never convened since it was created three decades ago.
The Justice Department is proposing a new rule to empower federal immigration judges to hold attorneys, their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other AI leaders say they support pacing the rapid advancement of AI's capabilities.
The Trump administration on Thursday reiterated its view that China's alleged efforts to collect millions of American voter registration files constituted election interference.
The DOJ is seeking to deport an Afghan woman who prosecutors allege is an "alien terrorist," in the first-ever test case before a secretive court that has never convened since it was created three decades ago.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn has demanded formal modifications to an agreement the Justice Department made with President Trump to settle his lawsuit against the IRS.
The acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of an abuse of power during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hours after Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions during a Senate hearing, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky told CBS News he believes Fauci could be prosecuted.
Telehealth platform disclosed users' "most private" health info and locked consumers into subscriptions, regulators allege.
Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Food safety experts say cuts to the public health system hobbled the response — and that the next outbreak could be much worse.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
Economic activity weakened between April and June as energy costs surged, new government data shows.
Fort Morgan leaders say they're breathing a sigh of relief after Cargill and Teamsters Local 455 reached a tentative agreement that could end the nearly 70-day lockout at the company's beef processing facility.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other AI leaders say they support pacing the rapid advancement of AI's capabilities.
Telehealth platform disclosed users' "most private" health info and locked consumers into subscriptions, regulators allege.
Fed officials are leaving their benchmark rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting, a sign they expect inflation to ease.
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.
Insurance can be a hassle for anyone. For one Coloradan, that hassle has been magnified all because of her name.
A man who stopped to help victims of a devastating motorcycle crash instead found himself handcuffed, jailed and accused of driving under the influence -- despite repeatedly asking officers to administer a breath test that he believed would prove his innocence.
For Billy Hailey, his release was a day he had been waiting for and working toward for 20 years. Now, he is unexpectedly back in custody after the state says it miscalculated the date.
A second family in Colorado says a little-known insurance rule has left them fighting two companies to get medical bills paid.
