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For months newcomers in Denver have expressed their desire to work, but the lack of legal documentation has held many back from being able to have a full-time job. This week, more than 300 newcomers attended the orientation for the WorkReady Denver program.
Denver Public Schools now has a new set of student discipline policies following a year of criticisms that the district's policies were too lenient. Writers of the new policies say they provide more clarity to ensure proper discipline consequences.
A celebration more than a decade in the making filled the Denver Highlands with music and excitement. Dozens of families celebrated YMOP as the nonprofit recently held its inaugural Night of Purpose gala.
Lovers of magic mushrooms gathered to celebrate recreational use at a festival over the weekend, but there are questions about the safety of the mushrooms' as-of-now still unregulated therapeutic uses.
Terrifying moments caught on cellphone video show several residents of a Denver apartment pouring out of a third-story window as they try to escape the flames inside.
Times have been getting tougher and tougher in health care. It shows up in the copays, the bills and now Colorado hospitals are facing a crisis.
Dean Morgan and John McNamara were arrested at JFK Airport in New York and were charged with theft and racketeering for their alleged roles in scamming Denver residents out of money.
Experts say hail season in Colorado is also unfortunately scam season.
DPS is expected to see six thousand fewer students by 2028, a drop of more than eight percent.
Right now, Coloradans are struggling to make ends meet, and a nonprofit in Denver is providing opportunities to change that.
The Arvada Center is showing "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," a bio-musical about jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Two people who were killed in a small plane crash just east of the runway at the Erie Municipal Airport in Colorado earlier this month have been identified.
Thornton police say over the past 15 months, there have been 22 crashes at 88th Avenue and Washington Street and 33 collisions at 120th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
In Nederland, there is still visible rubble and debris from the fire at the Caribou Village Shopping Center. Now, the community is looking towards the future and preventing disasters like this.
October doesn't just bring a chill in the air; for many in Colorado, it also brings a chill down their spines.
Crews work to repair a water main break west of Alameda at Peoria in Aurora.
A house fire putting up a lot of flames resulted in a lot of emergency calls to both Boulder and Weld counties.
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In this week’s Your Local Dish, CBS Colorado First at 4 Anchor Mekialaya White and restaurant promoter Larry Herz experience omakase at Sushi by SYC.
If the viral video of the flooding in Pagosa Springs was the only thing you saw, then you might think The Springs Resort and Spa was devastated by the rapidly running river, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
The Denver Broncos beat the Dallas Cowboys 44-24 on Sunday, continuing their win streak, having won their last five straight games.
"There's nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Friday. "I had a pit in my stomach. It was very upsetting."
Many in a Denver high school community are appreciating Chauncey Billups's impact on and off the court. It comes after he was arrested by the FBI in connection with two investigations involving a sports betting scheme and an organized crime ring.
An NBA Hall of Famer, a current star and former player are among dozens arrested in an FBI crackdown on illegal gambling that includes alleged members of organized crime families.
Coach Deion Sanders did something a little different this past week. He held a scrimmage during the Buffaloes bye week for players who don't get much time on the field during games.
President Trump had his second physical in six months earlier this month at Walter Reed Medical Center.
Concerns about a weakening labor market may outweigh worries about rising inflation, tipping the Fed toward another rate cut, economists say.
The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.
In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation," Sen. Lindsey Graham said land strikes in Venezuela are a "real possibility" amid rising tensions.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the TikTok deal announced last month is set to be finalized on Thursday when President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Election Day is Nov. 4, and Colorado voters will be able to cast their votes on two statewide propositions dealing with school lunch funding. There are also local elections around the state, including in Denver. We look at several.
President Trump had his second physical in six months earlier this month at Walter Reed Medical Center.
The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.
In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation," Sen. Lindsey Graham said land strikes in Venezuela are a "real possibility" amid rising tensions.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the TikTok deal announced last month is set to be finalized on Thursday when President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
As the government shutdown stretches on, thousands of furloughed workers are missing paychecks. Another blow looms for families already struggling to put food on the table. SAME Café says it's ready to help the community.
The Douglas County coroner is reporting a woman died of "ivermectin toxicity," CBS News Colorado has learned. It's triggering renewed cautions about the different forms of ivermectin.
The results of a clinical trial published last month targeted breast cancer "sleeper cells," which are cells that break away from the main tumor and can resurface later to spread cancer throughout the body.
A growing community south of Denver will soon have its first cancer center.
The side effects from antidepressants can vary widely depending on which drug you take, a study shows.
Concerns about a weakening labor market may outweigh worries about rising inflation, tipping the Fed toward another rate cut, economists say.
The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.
If the viral video of the flooding in Pagosa Springs was the only thing you saw, then you might think The Springs Resort and Spa was devastated by the rapidly running river, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
Jim Farley discusses the difficulties of tariffs in imported parts, which have cost Ford a billion dollars – and may give an advantage to their competitors. He also explains why he drives a Chinese-made electric vehicle.
As the government shutdown stretches on, thousands of furloughed workers are missing paychecks. Another blow looms for families already struggling to put food on the table. SAME Café says it's ready to help the community.
The Douglas County coroner is reporting a woman died of "ivermectin toxicity," CBS News Colorado has learned. It's triggering renewed cautions about the different forms of ivermectin.
The Denver Mayor's Office fired back at the Denver Post saying "We don't care how big of a corporation they are ... The City and County of Denver will not be bullied," after the Post stopped paying rent for the building downtown that's owned by the city of Denver.
Prosecutors have decided no criminal charges will be filed against a pair of Aurora firefighters following a bizarre game of "chicken" that saw the firefighters run a police sergeant off the road.
The city of Denver's largest tenant stopped making its monthly $650,000 rent payments to the city in August and with late charges, the leaseholder is now about $2 million behind in rent, according to an exclusive CBS News Colorado investigation.
The Denver Fire Department has begun a new program, conducting elevator inspections in the city in what the department describes as "taking action to address a growing public safety crisis." But a private elevator inspection contractor says the city move will negatively impact elevator inspection companies in what he calls "100% a money grab."
