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As the Colorado Avalanche took to the ice for their morning skate at Ball Arena on Tuesday, 17-year-old Sabrina Cassano stood along the glass smiling ear to ear.
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Kelly Werthmann is an Emmy-winning journalist, and now CBS News Colorado's weekend evening anchor and weekday reporter. She loves calling Denver home, and has a true passion for sharing Colorado's stories.
If you've watched CBS News Colorado at any time over the last decade, you've likely seen Kelly -- reporting in the field, anchoring in the studio, streaming online -- she's on the air almost every morning, afternoon, or night! She has served a variety of roles since first joining the CBS Colorado Mornings team in 2012. From morning reporter, to late-night storyteller, weekend morning anchor, even a brief stint as sports anchor -- you name it, she's done it!
Her time on the morning show turned out to be a turbulent time in Colorado's history, with destructive wildfires and floods as well as the tragic mass shooting in an Aurora movie theater. In 2013, Kelly traded early mornings for late nights to join the CBS Colorado News at 10 team. As part of the late-night crew, Kelly often served as a fill-in anchor for the CBS Colorado Sports team. She helped cover Super Bowl XLVIII in New York and CBS Colorado's special coverage of Super Bowl 50 in California. That launched Kelly into the CBS Colorado Mornings weekend anchor chair for a little more than a year before returning to CBS Colorado News at 10.
Then in early 2020, CBS News Colorado launched its new 24-hour streaming channel and Kelly proudly accepted the role as its evening anchor. It quickly became a critical platform as the coronavirus pandemic hit Colorado. People across the state, and other parts of the country, turned to CBS News Colorado for the latest information on COVID-19.
Nearly ten years into her journalism journey in Denver, Kelly returned to the "weekend warrior" team - this time as evening anchor. You can join Kelly and the dynamic weekend team every Saturday and Sunday night at 5pm and 10pm.
Kelly's broadcast journalism career began in Billings, Montana. After working in the Big Sky State for about five years, Kelly was called home to Colorado Springs where she worked at FOX21 as a general assignment reporter. Though born in Montana, Kelly (a so-called "Army Brat") was raised in Colorado Springs and considers Colorado home. When she's not Covering Colorado First, Kelly enjoys volunteering at Colorado Horse Rescue in Longmont, exploring the outdoors and snuggling up with her dog, Penny.
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As the Colorado Avalanche took to the ice for their morning skate at Ball Arena on Tuesday, 17-year-old Sabrina Cassano stood along the glass smiling ear to ear.
NASA's next trip around the moon is coming closer to reality, and students in Jefferson County are getting an early look at the mission designed to carry astronauts farther into deep space than any crew has traveled before.
Gas prices are climbing again, and Colorado drivers are feeling it. As the conflict in Iran intensifies, crude oil prices have spiked to their highest level in more than a year.
Alone, cold and walking along a highway -- that's where a Commerce City police drone spotted a 76-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease after she wandered away from her home last week.
A warm, dry winter is beginning to create concerns for Aurora's water supply. Snowpack across Colorado continues to lag and reservoir levels sit below what the city typically expects this time of year.
Denver Auditor Tim O'Brien is refusing to sign the city's current contract with Flock Group, the company behind Denver's network of more than 100 license plate-reading cameras.
If you've driven down E-470 past the Aurora Highlands lately, you've likely seen a building that has already lived two lives: first as a highway maintenance facility and currently as a visitor center. Soon, this structure will take on its most critical purpose yet - Aurora's 18th fire station.
Extra firefighters reported for overtime in Aurora as fire officials responded to elevated fire danger driven by strong winds and an unusually dry winter. Three additional brush trucks were added to patrol the city.
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.
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.
On Colorado's Eastern Plains, danger can strike faster than help can reach you. For one rancher in Sterling, a simple chore in his land turned into the fight of his life.
The Colorado Symphony is having a historic weekend in New York City, performing three sold‑out concerts across two of the nation's most iconic venues, including Radio City Music Hall and Carnegie Hall.
A Greeley shop may be far from the roar of Empower Field at Mile High or Ball Arena, but it's where some of Colorado's biggest sports moments have been pressed into cotton.
Aurora police will roll out major changes to their district boundaries next month to better balance staffing, improve response times and keep pace with the city's rapid expansion.
Just west of Empower Field at Mile High, a rush for new Denver Broncos gear kicked off within moments of the team announcing that Jarrett Stidham will replace the injured Bo Nix as Sunday's AFC Championship starter.