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Ricky Lee Roybal-Smith has been accused of stabbing and killing two people in Aurora, accused in a DUI/hit-and-run involving at least two pedestrians in two separate incidents and accused of murdering his cellmate at the Denver Jail.
Officials with CDOT sent out a warning to Denver-area drivers in the afternoon to avoid heading up to the high country due to a fatal crash on Interstate 70. Westbound I-70 reopened after 5 p.m.
According to the latest data from the U.S. Drought Monitor, more than 50% of Colorado is currently experiencing drought. The most severe conditions are concentrated on the Western Slope.
With millions of videos on various social media platforms, it can be difficult to stick out, let alone reach a wide audience, yet the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance has found a way to do just that.
Thursday is Indy Eve and rain and storm chances are moving into the forecast, but like Wednesday, activity will be primarily over the mountains on Thursday.
Four semi trucks were engulfed by flames at a Northern Colorado truck stop on Wednesday night.
Westminster police officers arrested two suspects in Colorado, along with assistance from Adams County Sheriff's deputies, after a traffic stop that revealed some interesting evidence.
Husband Barry Morphew rearrested as authorities link him to animal tranquilizers found in wife Suzanne Morphew's bone marrow.
The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance helped make a Colorado grandmother's dream come true this week. She got the chance to meet penguins up close.
Cherry Creek Reservoir in Aurora is sure to be busy during Fourth of July weekend.
Law enforcement agencies across Colorado are changing how officers, deputies and troopers approach traffic stops. They are aiming for safer and more understanding interactions. The key to this new approach is a simple blue envelope.
School districts across Colorado could lose up to $70 million in funding after the Trump administration withheld nearly $7 billion in education grants expected nationwide on July 1.
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a petition filed by the family of the deadly Colorado firebombing attack suspect requesting to be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Faculty at the University of Denver held a vote over a two-week period, ultimately voting "no confidence" in Chancellor Jeremy Haefner.
A hiker in Colorado was rescued Monday after they were seriously injured on Pikes Peak.
A nonprofit immigration support organization that first alerted CBS Colorado to custom playing cards allegedly left behind by ICE agents said the controversy has escalated, prompting members of Colorado’s Democratic congressional delegation to call for an independent federal investigation.
Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado’s law governing unionization, a House committee approved a new bill that’s essentially a carbon copy of the old one.
Colorado may be experiencing the lowest snowpack on record, but avalanche danger remains very real this week across the state's high country, even as calmer weather moves in.
A water main break on Baseline near 75th Street has canceled class at Douglass Elementary School in Boulder.
A new renter rewards program for Colorado residents living in properties financed by the Proposition 123 Equity program is set to begin this month.
Just two days after it was announced the city would pay $4.65 million to the family of Michael Marshall, there was a development with a previous disciplinary action.
The City of Denver has announced a multi-million dollar settlement in the 2015 death of a detention center inmate after being restrained by deputies.
Twice a day, every single day of the year, Lori Beer goes to a clinic and injects herself with heroin, provided by and paid for by the Canadian government.
The drug Narcan is becoming first responders first line of defense in the opioid crisis. In Denver alone, paramedics have used Narcan to reverse more than 4,000 overdoses over the past five years.
More than 750 Coloradans have died from heroin overdoses over the past five years. But, behind the numbers are families and their stories.
From the outside, Gaetano's looks like your classic Italian neighborhood spot. But step inside, and you're stepping into one of Denver's most infamous stories, where good food met mob ties.
Twenty Aurora students are part of a program designed to help students who are falling behind in class catch up academically.
Employees at the Alamo Drafthouse near Sloan's Lake in Denver are pushing back against a new ordering system they say is getting in the way of both their jobs and the moviegoing experience.
One person is dead following an early morning shooting along South Broadway in Denver on Sunday.
The standoff between the JBS-owned meat packing plant in Greeley and its employees appears to be ending after three weeks.
The cast of Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen” musical says they are thrilled to bring an uplifting show about community and mentorship to audiences at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Employees at the Alamo Drafthouse near Sloan's Lake in Denver are pushing back against a new ordering system they say is getting in the way of both their jobs and the moviegoing experience.
Joe Ruch is tracking when Denver could see showers.
There are a series of holiday activities that are taking place at the hotel.
The students are tutoring other, younger students who are struggling in class at the Lotus School.
Sidewalks were packed, and streets were buzzing Friday, as thousands of fans flooded downtown Rockies Opening Day.
Despite needing help with his motor skills and movement, it hasn't stopped Randy Milliken from loving his favorite team.
With only a few hours left until the big game -- the Colorado Rockies home opener at Coors Field in Denver -- CBS Colorado was keeping an eye on Ticketmaster for baseball fans who are looking to still purchase a ticket.
Fans heading to Coors Field in Denver this season can expect more than baseball.
Body camera video has been released of Tiger Woods' arrest, after a car crash in Florida. He has been charged with driving under the influence.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
According to numbers from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, more than 70% of H-1B visa holders in 2024 were Indian.
Amid ongoing toilet trouble, the Artemis II astronauts reflected on the wonder of sailing through deep space to the moon.
Officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Trump's executive order that aims to restrict mail voting.
Alan Hayward James, 51, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bribery, and conspiracy to rig bids.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
The changes were likely to affect Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
The war shows no signs of slowing as Iran responds to airstrikes with attacks across the region.
Officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit seeking to block President Trump's executive order that aims to restrict mail voting.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was treated for dehydration after falling ill at an event in Philadelphia on March 20, the court's public information office said.
The Environmental Protection Agency also added microplastics to its contaminant candidate list for the first time.
The COVID-19 variant BA.3.2, nicknamed "Cicada," has been detected in at least 23 countries and half the states in the U.S.
About half a million people in Colorado are living with a brain injury and many of them don't know it.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will add red tape and restrictions for those seeking Medicaid and SNAP benefits. And the costs to update computer systems that determine eligibility for those programs will be steep.
A record warm winter, combined with dry conditions across Colorado, has created the perfect conditions for allergy season to start early.
One consumer reported sustaining bruising and burn injuries.
Sidewalks were packed, and streets were buzzing Friday, as thousands of fans flooded downtown Rockies Opening Day.
The Colorado Auto Show is the place to dream big, and then look, touch, and sit behind the wheel of some of the coolest cars ever made.
The eye drops — sold under multiple brands — have been recalled over concerns about sterility, according to the FDA.
Hiring was much stronger than expected in March, with employers adding roughly three times the number of jobs economists predicted.
Anticipating a challenging summer wildfire season, forecasters with Colorado's Division of Fire Prevention and Control are preparing to rely heavily on a pair of state-owned aircraft-both to detect fires early and to assist in fighting them once they ignite.
CBS Colorado is investigating a trucking company involved in a crash at a gas station in the southern part of the Denver metro area last month.
A Denver jury has found activist Regan Benson, a frequent critic of police, guilty of "doxing" a Denver police commander during a livestream last September, in what appears to be the first conviction under Colorado's anti-doxing law.
Fire chiefs in two departments northwest of Denver, Westminster and Arvada, say gaps in emergency dispatch technology between neighboring departments can slow response times and, in some cases, limit how quickly help arrives.
A state investigation has found that a Denver assisted living facility took 13 minutes to locate a resident who collapsed and begin CPR -- failures regulators say placed all 125 residents in "immediate jeopardy."
