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A working barn cat and emotional support animal for a Colorado community school has been returned after a woman says she mistook him for a stray and took him home earlier this week.
The family of a Thornton teen who was struck and killed while riding his motorized bike has message about being safer on the roads.
Maxine Mager, the founder and president of Creative Acres Animal Sanctuary, said she was alerted to the attack by her own dogs. Adams County officials say it's currently under investigation.
For new parents in the Denver metro area, finding the right child care facility can be challenging and expensive. However, a new state law beginning this year can help ease some of the financial strain.
Sabina Czuaz has already claimed a number of titles and has lofty goals for the future.
As construction on the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project moves closer to Aurora, business owners and neighbors along the corridor say they are bracing for short-term disruption while holding onto hope for long-term revival.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Design plans for the community include walking trails, play areas, community gardens, and indoor gathering spaces. The property sits next to Expo Park and a city recreation center, the Highline Canal Trail, and transit access.
The Food Bank of the Rockies has opened a new 270,000 square foot distribution center in Aurora to help serve more of those in need while also saving the nonprofit money.
Aurora's signature summer festival, celebrating international culture and cuisine, will take place June 13 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
One county in Colorado has committed to investing more than $4 million into opioid prevention, treatment and recovery. It's an effort to better address a need that still requires attention alongside the ongoing work happening across the county.
An Arapahoe County judge ordered Aurora resident Daniel Alexander Ashby to stand trial for felony assault, after witnesses say Ashby body-slammed defense lawyer H. Michael Steinberg in a courthouse hallway last December.
Arapahoe County says it's taking a long-term approach to address a shortage of affordable housing.
A crash reconstructionist with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office gathers evidence like tire marks, vehicle damage and data.
Artificial intelligence is transforming many spaces, including churches.
With no snow cover, the idea of a catastrophic fire is on a lot of minds in Colorado's foothills.
In Longmont, the local YMCA is closing down at the end of the month for financial reasons, even as residents say it stays busy.
The doors are open to a new stage of healing in Evergreen, Colorado, as the Evergreen Resiliency Center hosts its open house this week.
State and federal lawmakers went to Evergreen to call for changes to laws regarding how quickly social media and telecommunications companies have to respond to requests for information regarding credible threats.
Months after a devastating fire destroyed a shopping center in Nederland, the cleanup of the building remains in limbo.
The Denver City Council has advanced out of committee a proposal that would prohibit law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from wearing face coverings while detaining or arresting people.
This season, Manual High's Thunderbolts are reclaiming their place in the water with their own swim team.
Hidden within the flames of last month's massive apartment complex fire in Denver on Leetsdale Drive was a small Jewish synagogue, Koholet.
Denver Public School Board President Xóchitl Gaytán has been working with immigration advocacy groups to create policy changes that would add further protections for undocumented students.
Some early-season flowers are already blooming at the Denver Botanic Gardens, and for Coloradans visiting the grounds, it's a surprising sight that feels more like April than mid‑winter.
In just the first three hours on Thursday morning, 500 people followed a clue to the Castle Rock Incline for a chance to win a ticket to the live "Survivor 50" finale.
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners business meeting became heated, with anger over the recent removal of general public comment and a resolution committing tax dollars to sheriff's deputies' legal costs.
The first shovels dug into the ground, officially starting construction on the new RidgeGate Elementary School on Wednesday. It marks a new era for Lone Tree as growth continues in the area.
A real estate company is asking for the Douglas County School District's blessing to explore bringing affordable teacher housing to Meridian Village.
DougCo Alert is able to provide more information to both residents and first responders than the previous alert system.
The doors are open to a new stage of healing in Evergreen, Colorado, as the Evergreen Resiliency Center hosts its open house this week.
Aviation Park in Lakewood is no longer filled with parents and their children. Instead, it has transformed into a refuge for many of the city's unhoused residents.
State and federal lawmakers went to Evergreen to call for changes to laws regarding how quickly social media and telecommunications companies have to respond to requests for information regarding credible threats.
Jefferson County investigators said Wednesday their five-month investigation determined there was insufficient evidence to pursue charges against the parents of the teenager who shot two students and killed himself at Evergreen High School last year.
Following recent wind events and power outages, the City of Golden hosted a community conversation offering possible options for continued power sources like renewable energy.
An effort to further secure clean water for the City of Greeley is currently held up due to Congress and disagreements over funding the federal government.
Northern Colorado's Weld County, one of the fastest growing counties in the state, is looking to evolve their economic diversity in the decades to come.
Months after Colorado State University started installing billboards around their Fort Collins campus against the wishes of the city, lawmakers are now looking to create legislation that would potentially force the university to have to take them down.
Hundreds of high schoolers from around the state descended on the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley for the annual "Future Teacher Conference" to learn more about a future career in education.
The Colorado Eagles have hired Kim Weiss as assistant coach, making her the second woman to reach that role between the American Hockey League and National Hockey League.
Breck Create's Precious Plastics studio in Breckenridge hit a milestone this winter, diverting 10,000 pounds of plastic from the landfill since launching in 2021.
Keystone Resort brought back its celebration of our service members with the Military Winter Games, welcoming active duty and former service members for a weekend of competition and connection on the slopes.
Voces Unidas said the custom Ace of Spades cards left on vehicles belonging to people detained in Eagle County earlier in the year carried ties to white supremacist symbolism.
The drought in Colorado's mountains may have wide-ranging consequences beyond hitting the slopes. We could be talking water restrictions this year.
Some creative problem solving helped Colorado search and rescue crews and a Summit County Sheriff's deputy safely bring down a stranded hiker caught in a snowstorm on one of the state's tallest mountains.
Many couples looking to get hitched in Colorado on Valentine's Day headed to Georgetown and Loveland for special marriage events.
On Saturday, the office of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that the city is accepting bids for license plate reader services.
Two Colorado business owners have been separately charged for fraudulently billing the federal government's Medicaid program.
The Denver police department arrested a deputy on Thursday who has been accused of official misconduct for allegedly selling a vape pen to an inmate.
Xcel Energy shared a notice on the company's X account on Saturday, warning customers to prepare beforehand for potential power shutoffs.
Over the past decade a beloved Loveland tradition has helped nearly 500 people get married on Valentine's Day.
Nineteen skimmer devices found across the Denver metro area have been seized by police.
One person was injured and another killed in a shooting in Denver's Valverde neighborhood on Saturday morning.
Valentine's Day is the perfect time to celebrate love, and one senior living facility in the Denver metro celebrated with a concert on Friday. Two residents shared their love story with CBS Colorado.
Seven years after his death, friends and family of Colorado teen Jack Padilla gathered to remember him at Village Greens Park in Greenwood Village.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
It is Jordan Stolz's second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games, breaking a world record.
The U.S. women's curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada marked an Olympic first.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women's hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games.
In the easy win, Brock Nelson scored twice for the U.S., four players had two assists apiece and there was production up and down the lineup.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
It is Jordan Stolz's second gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games, breaking a world record.
Prediction markets are taking bets this Valentine's Day that celebrity relationships can thrive — or break apart.
The U.S. women's curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada marked an Olympic first.
On Saturday, the office of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that the city is accepting bids for license plate reader services.
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
Democratic state Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet is leaving the Colorado State Capitol to confront and combat antisemitism full-time.
The FAA imposed a surprise flight ban over El Paso earlier this week amid disagreements within the U.S. government over the use of a high-energy laser against drones at the border.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
The Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology, the company said.
The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that's a significant undercount.
Prediction markets are taking bets this Valentine's Day that celebrity relationships can thrive — or break apart.
As construction on the East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project moves closer to Aurora, business owners and neighbors along the corridor say they are bracing for short-term disruption while holding onto hope for long-term revival.
Amazon's Ring unit touted a "search party" service in its Super Bowl ad, but one critic called the app a "surveillance nightmare."
Inflation came in below economists' forecasts and slowed from December's 2.7% annual rate.
A Denver bar called Mecca Sports Bar has been under investigation for prostitution for several years. It's coming to light now because the city's Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection requested a hearing for the bar about their liquor license and dance cabaret license. Both are in limbo.ore arrests have been made.
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.
Colorado parents are raising concerns after a dispute between their school district and its water provider put the school's future firefighting water supply in question.