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Among the 600,000 Coloradans who receive SNAP benefits, about 50% are children. About 10% are seniors, and 15% are people with disabilities.
Along with candy, the family is handing out ramen, mac and cheese, cereal, and even brand-new hats, gloves, scarves, and ear warmers for kids.
Two people were killed in a deadly wrong-way crash in the northbound lanes of I-25 at 6th Avenue early Friday morning.
Aurora Public Schools is preparing to open its first dual language magnet school in 2026, a move leaders say has been years in the making and one rooted in Aurora's diverse community.
A historic building at 1840 Grant Street sits dilapidated on the east side of Denver's skyline. The 104-year-old Spanish Renaissance-style old Cathedral High School has been overrun by vandals, unhoused drug addicts and "urban explorers."
CDOT is urging drivers to be extra cautious on the roads in the next week with the tie change ahead and the rising risk of wildlife collisions.
State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- being unable to buy food.
City leaders are taking action to try to help around 100,000 Denver families who could lose important benefits for food in two days. SNAP benefits are set to pause due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Tuesday's ballots will determine the direction of Denver Public Schools as four of seven seats on the board will be filled.
Life has changed a lot for a former CBS Colorado Future Leaders award winner in the past few years. In late 2022, Mylo Lovejoy was in high school with only three people in his graduating class. Now, he's a sophomore at Duke University studying mechanical engineering.
The Colorado Statehood stamp features a photograph of Jagged Mountain, located in the Weminuche Wilderness area of the San Juan National Forest.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced an emergency public fish salvage that began on Thursday at Two Buttes Reservoir in Baca County.
Performers at Colorado's iconic Casa Bonita restaurant weren't inside the Lakewood landmark but outside on the picket line on Thursday.
Colorado's drought conditions remain mostly steady, with extreme and severe drought levels unchanged across the state.
Halloween may be on Friday, but families across the Denver metro area are already gearing up for a night full of treats, music, and community fun all in the parking lot at Empower Field at Mile High.
Colorado State Patrol says you need to remember how to properly hitch that trailer or camper, or risk flipping over your vehicle.
An attorney's office announced a $675,000 settlement with the Loveland Police Department after a dog was shot by a police officer in 2019.
Denver officials said human error caused Monday's tornado warning siren activation even though there was no tornado.
On Monday afternoon, some residents were surprised to hear tornado sirens sound as thunderstorms moved into the area.
Parents urged to plan ahead to save money on summer camps, take advantage of tax breaks and also financial aid or scholarships.
An off-duty Glendale police officer, who was charged with a felony for allegedly assaulting and spewing racial slurs at an Uber driver, has been allowed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct, a petty offense, in a plea bargain with the Denver District Attorney's Office.
Two men in Iran have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of hacking and attempting to extort money from cities, universities, and hospitals including a Colorado agency.
"We can't tolerate it, we won't tolerate it", the Colorado Nurses Association is saying about their stance against violence against nurses.
Lines may be long, tempers short and parking spaces at a premium, but passenger traffic at DIA on Wednesday and through the rest of the Thanksgiving week is not expected to shatter airport records for busiest travel days in the airport's history.
A medical provider to jails and prisons has agreed to pay $3.7 million to the family of a man who died while in custody at the Adams County Jail in 2015.
A memorial procession for a firefighter who died after being injured will be held on Friday. As a result, Gov. Jared Polis ordered that flags will fly at half-staff.
As extreme heat and air quality warnings continue along the Front Range, the shifting climate isn't just impacting humans. At the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, it's changing which species can call the zoo home.
The water-efficient landscape includes replacing the existing Kentucky bluegrass on the Great Lawn at the Aurora Municipal Center.
The pilot of a gyrocopter that crashed in a Colorado neighborhood earlier this month died five days later, according to the NTSB.
Police in Aurora are asking for help in tracking down a hit-and-run driver wanted in a deadly crash that killed a bicyclist earlier this week.
Doctor Lindsey Fish, the Chief of Urgent Care at Denver Health, shared how people can keep their skin safe during the summer months.
The pilot of a gyrocopter that crashed in a Colorado neighborhood earlier this month died five days later, according to the NTSB. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it went down in the area of Crow Drive and Cheyenne Drive, south of Perry Park Country Club, near Larkspur on July 13.
Police in Aurora are asking for help in tracking down a hit-and-run driver wanted in a deadly crash that killed a bicyclist earlier this week.
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Aurora is transforming the Great Lawn of the Aurora Municipal Center to water-efficient turf amid drought conditions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
