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One day after the U.S. Forest Service announced the unprecedented closure of forest land due to wildfire potential, the City of Denver closed all its mountain parks in Clear Creek County with the same goal of prevention.
The first of two major cold fronts that will impact most of Colorado in the coming days arrived Thursday morning. Unfortunately the cold air is too shallow to the reach the mountains.
Proposition EE would impose the first-ever tax on vaping products containing nicotine in Colorado. But that's not all it would do.
A Colorado man out hunting elk on Sunday was shocked when he realized something else may have been hunting him.
Temperatures below freezing and the potential for rain and snow in the coming days likely won't put out the wildfires burning across Colorado.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers had to tranquilize a deer to release it after becoming tangled in a sports net.
The CalWood Fire has forced a mandatory evacuation for people living in Lyons Park Estates. For many who've lived in Lyons, being on standby triggers PTSD from the 1,000-year flood in 2013 that devastated the town.
RTD board members voted 8-7 against a resolution meant to increase voter participation by offering free rides on Election Day.
People struggling to pay rent due to COVID-19 are getting some relief.
Denver's school board is under fire from a charter school director and families who say the board is playing politics with kids education.
Windy, dry conditions pushed the East Troublesome Fire across Colorado Highway 125 Wednesday afternoon.
While voting in Colorado is considered to be among the safest in the nation, advances in technology have ensured there's still work to be done.
WeWork will not open a second office in Denver's RiNo neighborhood as planned.
A local artist is helping give back to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver.
The Denver Rescue Mission hosted its annual Thanksgiving banquet at the Lawrence Street Community Center.
"Monopoly Life Sized" offers an immersive experience at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
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Things are improving when it comes to on-time performance and minor delays with the airlines. But if you think that's saving you time, that's another question.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers recently released two bears in Boulder County.
The construction worker who died at the new Denver Broncos training facility last week has been identified.
The 67-year-old owner of a Cherry Creek bridal shop was ordered last week to spend a year in federal prison for neglecting to pay employment taxes for 10 years.
From text alerts to a tornado siren, the city of Denver broadcasted three accidental emergency alerts in six months.
Body camera video of deputies confronting people about illegal fires in Colorado's high country is now going viral.
A Fort Collins woman says she was forced to pay nearly $900 in utility debt she did not personally incur after discovering two previous owners, since 2015, failed to pay their bills.
A moose attacked a hiker and dogs on the Lovell Gulch Trail in Teller County.
On Monday, June 22, service and polling centers will open to serve voters across Colorado.
The drone gives emergency crews a broader view before first responders get on scene.
Changes are coming to the University of Colorado Denver after the school purchased a high-rise in the Central Business District, creating opportunities to expand students' career and research experiences.
The Aurora City Council approved a measure that could change how the city handles some problem landlords and rundown rental properties, following months of growing frustration over a broken code enforcement system.
CBS Colorado's Eric Christensen never thought his golf addiction would take him to Roggen, Colorado. But last month he made the trek to a semi-ghost town that's the home of Rodeo Dunes.
Wyndham Clark began the final round up six shots, but ended up winning by just one, securing his second U.S. Open title in four years.
Serena Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
In front of a roaring Seattle crowd, the U.S. men's soccer team on Friday defeated Australia in its second World Cup match, clinching a spot in the Round of 32 in the process.
Assistant Coach of the Colorado Eagles, Kim Weiss, is headed to Las Vegas after accepting a head coach position for a new Professional Women's Hockey League team.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which has rare bipartisan support, would make it harder for major investors to hoard homes.
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the administration violated the law when it created a centralized database of Americans' personal records.
Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is resigning, and the man widely expected to replace him is a fellow Labour Party lawmaker known as the "King of the North."
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which has rare bipartisan support, would make it harder for major investors to hoard homes.
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the administration violated the law when it created a centralized database of Americans' personal records.
On Monday, June 22, service and polling centers will open to serve voters across Colorado.
A Trump administration plan would charge legal immigrants seeking citizenship $570 more in application fees while eliminating waivers and fee reductions for low-income applicants.
Alan Greenspan's lengthy reign at the Federal Reserve coincided with a period of stability from the mid-1980s until 2007.
A pilot program at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital is using robotic animals to bring joy and connection to patients with dementia.
A popular brand creator personally knows what the NICU experience is like, so he stopped by to offer families support.
Dozens of service members at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with the flu in the weeks since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the vaccine mandate, sources familiar confirmed to CBS News.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
An estimated hundreds of thousands of children, many of them U.S. citizens, have been separated from a parent in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Changes are coming to the University of Colorado Denver after the school purchased a high-rise in the Central Business District, creating opportunities to expand students' career and research experiences.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which has rare bipartisan support, would make it harder for major investors to hoard homes.
Faster income growth for top U.S. earners has eroded Social Security's tax base, fueling calls to raise or eliminate the payroll tax cap.
On Tuesday, the Erie Town Council is set to vote for a second time on whether to sell the town's remaining mineral rights tied to a major oil and gas project that would stretch from Weld County into Boulder County.
Alan Greenspan's lengthy reign at the Federal Reserve coincided with a period of stability from the mid-1980s until 2007.
The Colorado State Patrol has concluded one of its troopers, Amber Garcia, used excessive force when she tasered a driver seven times in 35 seconds in 2024 in Saguache County.
Magnus' Law is named after a 17-year-old boy killed by a driver who was never investigated for DUI. But the driver had been drinking.
Most parents assume they get to choose which health insurance plan covers their newborn. For one family, that wasn't the case.
Colorado's legal marijuana industry was built on a promise: strict regulation would protect businesses and consumers, while tax revenue would support schools, roads and public programs. But one of the state's largest cannabis cultivators says that promise is beginning to break down.
Brandin Kreuzer, the man whose 50-year prison sentence for shooting a sheriff's deputy was commuted by Colorado's governor, says he is ashamed of the violence he committed as a 19-year-old.
