Retail Sales Are Way Up
Retailers hope shoppers keep spending in the final week before Christmas. The National Retail Federation says overall sales are way up. Even local businesses in Denver are seeing a boost in the economy.
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Retailers hope shoppers keep spending in the final week before Christmas. The National Retail Federation says overall sales are way up. Even local businesses in Denver are seeing a boost in the economy.
Starting Friday night, Walmart is holding "Toys and More" -- a price slashing sales event some are comparing to a 2nd Black Friday. Many Colorado shoppers expressed excitement about the idea when they heard about it.
Colorado will share in a $21 million settlement with Dannon Yogurt.
Record cold in Florida may put a shiver in Coloradans' wallets with higher produce prices.
Nine Colorado hotels, including two first-time honorees, are listed among Travel + Leisure magazine's top 500 hotels in the world, the magazine announced Monday.
Gov. Bill Ritter is hoping to land thousands of space jobs in Colorado. At the Capitol on Monday he announced an agreement between NASA and the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology.
A video production company has been fined $91,000 by OSHA after a 6-month investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a freelance videographer last summer.
Owners hoping to sell the shuttered Gold Mine Casino in Black Hawk are talking with bidders after a weekend auction failed to turn up a high enough price.
Mile High Holidays is inviting people to get out and to explore Denver.
Liz LaBelle doesn't have an obsession with craniums -- she has an obsession with fashion. The owner of new Breckenridge helmet and goggle boutique Craniologie wants to equip her customers with equal parts technology and fashion.
Most would expect a new set of police wheels to be faster than its predecessor, but it's also more fuel efficient. Ford already dominates the squad car market with 70 percent of all sales, but the company has decided to stop building its top-selling Crown Victoria.
The inaugural Quiznos Pro Challenge pro-bicyling event to be held in Colorado next year has signed its first five teams, one of which includes Lance Armstrong, sponsor Quiznos announced Wednesday.
The state is suing three businesses and five people, accusing them of targeting desperate homeowners in one of Colorado's largest foreclosure fraud schemes.
The state says nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries are believed to be violating Colorado's new law. That figure represents about 12 percent of the 800 dispensaries that have applied for licenses.
Frontier Airlines and its new owner Republic Airways have filed a lawsuit to stop an online marketing company from continuing a promotion that promises $1,000 gift cards for the airline for free.
Wednesday afternoon spotty rain and a few isolated thunderstorms are possible across the state. That pattern will continue into Wednesday night, with showers gradually shifting east. But the more impactful round of moisture is expected to arrive Thursday into Thursday night.
The building at 2000 North Broadway has been vacant for a couple of years.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a bald eagle that had been injured back into the wild on Thursday.
This year's season of Film on the Rocks 2026 features classics, family favorites, and an Oscar winner! Tickets go on sale May 1.
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
Small businesses along East Colfax Avenue may be eligible for grants of up to $15,000 as construction continues on Denver's Bus Rapid Transit project.
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During the ribbon-cutting, the Denver Firefighters Charitable Foundation received a $1,000 donation.
Charmaine Wilkerson's novel Black Cake takes place in 1970s London and CBS Colorado's Lauren Whitney interviews Tina Gallegos with the Denver Public Library for Book Talk.
There is no cure for Parkinson's Disease but Dr. Matt Main, a Functional Neurosurgeon from HCA HealthONE Swedish, talks about symptoms to watch out for.
Longtime Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday.
The new format would add eight more at-large teams, and take eight more teams out of the main bracket for play-in games.
Federal prosecutors charged 34 defendants across two indictments, alleging sports betting and mafia-linked rigged poker games.
A man raised in Aurora is making a name for himself in the UFC. Saturday, Youseff Zalal stepped into the octagon for his first ever main event match.
The Denver Broncos selected defensive tackle Tyler Onyedim from Texas A&M in the third round of the NFL draft Friday night.
The AI boom propped up U.S. economic growth in the first quarter, but inflation due to the Iran war is casting a cloud.
Brent crude surged past $126 a barrel early Thursday, while U.S. gasoline prices jumped to $4.30 a gallon.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
Elon Musk alleges that OpenAI reneged on a promise to operate as a nonprofit dedicated to human progress.
Detroit automaker expects big financial boost from refund of tariffs struck down earlier this year by the Supreme Court.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
The backlash was immediate after the Trump administration served notice that hospitals and nursing homes should limit sugary drinks and dietary supplements in favor of what HHS terms "real food."
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
The Colorado House passed a bill by a single vote that changes the penalty for murder with extreme indifference.
The budget blueprint is the first step in Republicans' two-pronged plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
The backlash was immediate after the Trump administration served notice that hospitals and nursing homes should limit sugary drinks and dietary supplements in favor of what HHS terms "real food."
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
AdventHealth Littleton's Forensic Nurse Examiner Program will provide medical care and forensic documentation to survivors of violence, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and victims of gun violence.
A new approach to suicide prevention shifts the focus from stopping harm in moments of crisis to upstream policies that give people reasons to live.
A $50 billion federal fund is supposed to modernize rural healthcare. But community clinics and advocates fear that the contractors administering the money for states will bite off a big chunk before it reaches patients.
The AI boom propped up U.S. economic growth in the first quarter, but inflation due to the Iran war is casting a cloud.
Brent crude surged past $126 a barrel early Thursday, while U.S. gasoline prices jumped to $4.30 a gallon.
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
Small businesses along East Colfax Avenue may be eligible for grants of up to $15,000 as construction continues on Denver's Bus Rapid Transit project.
Elon Musk alleges that OpenAI reneged on a promise to operate as a nonprofit dedicated to human progress.
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
A new, nearly 700-page report describes the Evergreen High School shooter's every move the day of the shooting last September, the law enforcement response, and interviews with friends, family, teachers, and witnesses.
A Denver City Council member is pushing to reopen long-term fire service contracts she says are now draining city resources instead of generating revenue.
A Denver family is sharing their story after thieves got away with the steel sculpture that stood outside their home for over a decade.
When the Orion spacecraft lifted off April 1, four astronauts were aboard -- but for the families of dozens of workers who died before the launch, the mission carried something else: the weight of those who would never see it fly.