December Snow Outlook Hopeful As Snowpack Runs Well Below Normal
The meteorological winter is beginning with statewide snowpack running well below where it should be for this time of year.
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The meteorological winter is beginning with statewide snowpack running well below where it should be for this time of year.
Construction is back on for a major project in one of Denver's most iconic areas.
Police in Denver are investigating after a body was recovered from the South Platte River Wednesday afternoon.
A wet May boosted the snow across most of Colorado's mountains, putting the state in good shape for the spring and summer runoff.
A four-month construction project is nearly complete and the lower part of the South Platte River and the canyon trail will open on Saturday.
Search teams have recovered the body of a kayaker who went missing on the South Platte River on Friday.
Crews struggled to retrieve the body of kayaker in the South Platte River in Morgan County on Saturday.
A Denver police officer sustained minor injuries after an attack near the South Platte River on Wednesday.
A weekend storm that dropped up to 4 feet of snow in the central Colorado mountains improved the snowpack in most of Colorado's major river basins.
The Front Range blizzard put the South Platte River basin's snowpack in a great position.
Police are investigating after a man's body was found in the South Platte River Thursday morning.
Snow totals will vary greatly for the foothills and the metro area. We are expecting snow for several hours overnight in Denver and the surrounding cities, but much more will fall at higher elevation.
Part of the Denver metro area woke up to locally dense fog on Saturday with the visibility near zero at times on the north side of the city.
It was another day of temperatures in the 60s around the Denver metro area, and while many people are enjoying the unseasonably warm temperatures, others are wondering how long before the snowpack takes a hit.
Monday night's storm left Denver under a blanket of snow, but the coldest temps of the system arrive Wednesday and Thursday.
Families in one historic Denver neighborhood are worried their homes could be up for demolition. It's all due to flood concerns in the Cole Neighborhood of Denver not far from the coliseum.
A picturesque Colorado river with a peculiar French name is the latest prize in the West's water wars, where wilderness advocates usually line up against urban and industrial development.
Colorado released its first-ever plan Thursday to cope with increasing competition for that water as the West grows drier.
Bear Creek is dry below the lake and dam that share the same name in Lakewood. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is doing scheduled maintenance, and it couldn't come at a better time.
A small stream turned a hue of purple right now as state fish biologists begin a large scale fish management program, leaving hundreds of fish dead, while making way for another threatened species of native fish to be moved there.
The company that managed Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server says it has no knowledge that the server was "wiped."
New research shows floods like the one that ransacked northern Colorado two years ago, killing 10 people, might be more common than previously thought — and that could require more homeowners to get flood insurance and trigger more stringent construction rules.
A lot of people have called Colorado Parks and Wildlife encountering bears over the past few weeks.
The neighborhood hopes to find synergy between the old steam plants and smokestacks, and the river's sustainability.
A Colorado company is now a part of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email system. The FBI is looking into the security of the server she used while she was secretary of state.
The community group Save the Aurora Reservoir is getting ready to make its final case to oppose the Sunlight Long Well. But the group took time out of planning on Sunday to help clean up the reservoir.
Lines at Colorado dispensaries may be long this week, but overall, cannabis sales in the state are slowing down. A homegrown company is out to prove that quality and culture can still sell.
Kroenke Sports and Entertainment announced they have contracted a team to broadcast its games in Spanish for the playoffs.
The launching appeared to go off without a hitch, but a problem prevented the rocket's upper stage from putting its payload into the correct orbit.
The Colorado State Patrol says one of its troopers suffered minor injuries after a vehicle blew through a stop sign and struck her on Saturday afternoon.
The community group Save the Aurora Reservoir is getting ready to make its final case to oppose the Sunlight Long Well. But the group took time out of planning on Sunday to help clean up the reservoir.
Lines at Colorado dispensaries may be long this week, but overall, cannabis sales in the state are slowing down. A homegrown company is out to prove that quality and culture can still sell.
Kroenke Sports and Entertainment announced they have contracted a team to broadcast its games in Spanish for the playoffs.
The Colorado State Patrol says one of its troopers suffered minor injuries after a vehicle blew through a stop sign and struck her on Saturday afternoon.
High pressure building over the western U.S. will bring several days of sunshine and steadily climbing temperatures through midweek.
Before DRO became a cannabis name, it was a lifestyle brand built from the ground up by selling merchandise and creating something people could connect with.
For the first time in the team's history, Altitude Sports is broadcasting Denver Nuggets home games in Spanish. Kroenke Sports and Entertainment announced it has contracted a team to broadcast its games in Spanish for the playoffs.
The Colorado State Patrol says one of its troopers suffered minor injuries after a vehicle blew through a stop sign and struck her on Saturday afternoon.
Watch meteorologist Callie Zanandrie's forecast.
A cold snap moved through Colorado on Friday, bringing snow and freezing temperatures to areas where many spring plants are already in bloom. That led a business on the Western Slope to get creative in order to save its orchards.
Kroenke Sports and Entertainment announced they have contracted a team to broadcast its games in Spanish for the playoffs.
It's been a complete season of dominance for the Colorado Avalanche heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Denver Nuggets will play a regular-season game in Mexico next season. It will be against the Indiana Pacers on Nov. 7 at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City.
Damon Jones was among dozens of people, including alleged mafia figures and athletes, charged last year in connection with a pair of gambling schemes.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino reiterated his stance Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup "for sure" despite its war with the U.S.
The launching appeared to go off without a hitch, but a problem prevented the rocket's upper stage from putting its payload into the correct orbit.
Eight children and teens were killed early Sunday in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana. The suspected shooter is also dead.
The celebrated actors are both making their Broadway debuts in a revival of David Auburn's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winner "Proof," about a brilliant mathematics professor with mental-health issues, and his daughter with issues of her own.
The renewable energy company Panthalassa says it has a solution to the proliferation of AI data centers, which consume massive amounts of energy and are the cause of increased carbon pollution: sea-based data centers, powered by wave energy.
The deal, approved by the FCC, would create a company that owns 265 television stations in 44 states and Washington, D.C.
A bill is on the way to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis's desk that would require farm workers to work more hours before earning overtime.
The state Senate passed a bill Friday regulating copycat versions of popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.
The deal, approved by the FCC, would create a company that owns 265 television stations in 44 states and Washington, D.C.
President Trump has lobbed insults at Pope Leo XIV in response to his criticisms of the war in Iran, marking an unusually pronounced rupture between the leaders of the world's most powerful country and the world's largest Christian denomination.
A difference of one vote has triggered a Colorado-mandated recount in the mayoral election for the Town of Nederland.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, kicking off an expected sprint of seven budget hearings he'll attend over the next week.
CBS News reported Wednesday that Dr. Erica Schwartz was emerging as the president's top pick for the role.
Ibogaine is used in Mexico and the Caribbean to treat depression, anxiety, addiction and brain trauma.
According to new CDC data, there were 3.6 million U.S. births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024 and down 23% since 2007. The Trump administration has said it wants to reverse this trend.
The FDA meeting announcement follows repeated pledges by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to loosen regulations on peptides, which are often pitched as a quick way to build muscle, heal injuries or appear younger.
The Artemis II mission is putting a spotlight on the aerospace industry in the United States, and Colorado is certainly one of the epicenters of that still-growing sector.
The deal, approved by the FCC, would create a company that owns 265 television stations in 44 states and Washington, D.C.
Prices dropped after Iran's foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" for the remainder of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.
Households are starting to make room in their budgets for spending on generative AI subscriptions, new data shows.
The recall affects F-150 vehicles quipped with a six-speed automatic transmission produced between March 12, 2014, and Aug. 18, 2017, according to NHTSA.
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.
A single malfunctioning piece of new equipment triggered a recent, sweeping power outage at Denver International Airport — an incident that stranded passengers in elevators and delayed nearly 500 flights.
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.