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Two weeks after the school board for Denver Public Schools decided to close three schools, the public is invited to comment on the changes.
A new initiative giving people a safer way to dispose of their old or unwanted drugs is already seeing success.
Spring arrives on Monday afternoon with plenty of clouds and mild temperatures across the Denver metro area with a wintry blast for the mountains.
Four months after a gunman opened fire inside Club Q, an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, killing five, it's still hard for Richard Fierro to be called a hero. Saturday, he received the Lifesaving Military Hero of The Year Award at the American Red Cross Heroes Soirée.
Dave LaRivee, from Team Rubicon, spent his weekend in Larkspur teaching cadets from the United States Air Force Academy his extraordinary saw skills.
Most SNAP households are seeing at least a $95 reduction. This means hunger-focused nonprofits are seeing the demand for help firsthand.
The tour of "1776" the Musical is returning to Denver next week with a renewed approach to casting the historic characters involved with drafting the Declaration of Independence.
A dentist out of Aurora has been taken into custody by homicide detectives Sunday morning for allegedly poisoning his wife.
Search and rescue teams converged Sunday for a mission near the west ridge of Highlands Peak following an avalanche.
A drum group and color guard lead the grand entry at the 2023 Denver March Powwow on Saturday. The event brought indigenous people from Arizona to Idaho and beyond.
The Denver Police Department says one person is in custody for a shooting that left one person dead near 6th Avenue and Santa Fe Drive.
After deliberating for six hours, a Denver jury recently returned a guilty verdict and convicted 23-year-old Donald Gonzales of 2nd Degree Murder in the 2021 death of Gary McLaughlin.
The fire was initially reported around 11:45 a.m. Sunday and was 1 acre in size. By about 2:30 p.m., it had grown to approximately 8 acres.
Two men are reportedly hospitalized and one was killed after they were caught in an avalanche Friday near the town of Marble.
John Minzheng Wahlers won the Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Basketball Courage Award for overcoming incredible odds to excel in basketball and life.
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Global Fest will highlight the music and fashion of Selena, the late Queen of Tejano music.
According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, a man died Saturday after jumping into the water at Lake Pueblo State Park.
Watch the CBS Colorado special that aired on June 8, 2025, hosted by Dillon Thomas.
As teens look for summer jobs or are about to start college, the center is helping young people learn about how to open a bank account and manage their money.
Denver firefighters responded quickly to a fire that started in a building that is under construction, but it still caused "massive" damage.
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.
A popular Mexican restaurant in Colorado, which was included in Yelp's Top 100 places to eat in the U.S. in 2019, has closed its doors.
Wildlife officials believe a mountain lion may have killed a woman in Northern Colorado. Hikers found the woman on the Crosier Mountain Trail south of Glen Haven on New Year's Day and authorities tracked down and euthanized two mountain lions afterwards.
On Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced that flags across the state will be lowered to half-staff to honor the life and legacy of former State Sen. Lewis H. Entz.
Denver firefighters responded quickly to a three-alarm fire that started on Friday night in a building that is under construction.
A couple in Northern Colorado believes they were nearly attacked by several mountain lions on the same trail in which a woman was killed in Larimer County.
Two mountain lions were killed near the fatal attack, which happened at the Crosier Mountain Trail.
The northbound lanes of E-470 were closed in southern Aurora for more than two hours after Colorado State Patrol said a semi-truck struck and killed a driver who pulled over and got out of his car.
The most common tree in Douglas County is under threat from the mountain pine beetle.
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.
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.
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."
Banks, post offices and major stock exchanges will be closed in observance of the federal holiday, but some stores are open.
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."
The Trump administration is aiming to move a planned 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom through the federal government's review process at a rapid clip, with final approvals as soon as early March.
Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.
A U.S. District Court judge issued a summary judgment on Wednesday, finding that the effort to revoke the legal status of tens of thousands of Hondurans, Nepalis and Nicaraguans was unlawful
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.
