Denver extends time limit for families with children in migrant shelters
The City of Denver will resume discharging migrant families with children from city-run facilities after a pause that was enacted in November.
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The City of Denver will resume discharging migrant families with children from city-run facilities after a pause that was enacted in November.
Employment is something thousands of migrants long for, but getting jobs in Denver has been a challenge. In the meantime, Stanley Marketplace is providing a space to help migrants support themselves.
Many migrants arriving in Denver have never experienced cold temperatures like what Colorado will see over the next week. However, beginning Wednesday night, a local church will open its doors overnight to migrants new to the community.
The city plans to cut funding from various city agencies to support incoming and recently arrived migrants this year. Denver says if the influx continues, expenses could reach as high as $15 million per month.
"McMeen in the Middle" is following a Denver Public School as it responds to a surge in the enrollment of students who are new to the US.
"McMeen in the Middle" follows the disruption at a Denver school brought on by the arrival of scores of students who've endured traumatic journeys to the US.
"McMeen in the Middle: Denver's Migrant Crisis" follows how a southeast Denver elementary school is coping with the arrival of scores of kids who've endured traumatic journeys to its classrooms.
Over the past few months, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has made it clear by saying that people need to be able to get employment.
The city relocated hundreds of migrant families from an encampment near Zuni and Speer in Denver on Wednesday.
Two men sprang into action after witnessing girls wandering onto thin ice and falling into the water.
A grassroots effort from Denver-area neighbors is helping get migrants on their feet while helping with employment barriers. Over 60 people attended a pop-up Tuesday event at Stanley Marketplace featuring migrant vendors.
More migrants are coming from Venezuela and one woman says she wants to make sure they have a Merry Christmas. A Colorado mother is leading a group called "Highlands Moms" to provide some Christmas cheer.
The City of Denver confirms with CBS News Colorado, that nine busloads arrived Thursday night and seven more on Friday.
Nearly 1,000 students have arrived since the October count day, so many affected schools are significantly underfunded and seeing class sizes grow to unsustainable levels.
A 74-year-old airport employee is helping newly arriving migrants at Denver International Airport find their way around the Mile High City.
Hundreds of migrants who arrived in Denver last month are being sheltered in Aurora. When they checked into the motel, residents who'd been living there for months say they were pushed out.
With the holidays approaching and more migrant families entering the city of Denver, some Colorado families are giving back in a big way to those who need it the most.
The city is asking border states like Texas to stop busing immigrants to Denver without notice. Many immigrants who have arrived here said they don't want handouts, just a job and an opportunity to provide for their families.
As the winter-like weather sets in across Colorado, migrants who have arrived in the Denver metro area may be in need of warmer clothing.
As migrant families come through Colorado on their journeys, many of them wind up on the streets with nowhere to go after their time at a shelter is up. That's when nonprofits step up to help.
Carbondale Mayor Ben Bohmfalk said the influx of 84 migrants from Venezuela has been a crash course in what kind of help is available to people in that kind of situation, and what is not.
In a packed room full of coats, shoes and backpacks, migrant families feel the warmth of a community set out to make the transition into Westminster Public Schools easier for newcomers.
As hundreds of thousands of migrants from Venezuela escape hyperinflation within their own country, some of them have taken to the mountain towns of Colorado as their sanctuary.
Highlands neighborhood moms gathered donations they collected and gave them to the migrants on Sunday.
The Rose Community Foundation has been working to help financially support the ongoing migrant crisis through donations into their newcomer fund. Now, the foundation is shifting gears to meet the challenge of helping migrant families access work.
The police chief in Simla, Colorado, Tony Schiefelbein, has resigned from his position this week as he faced a disciplinary hearing for allowing his teenage son to drive a Simla Police Department vehicle.
Go backstage of Funny Girl to see the costumes by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty before the musical arrives at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
At first glance inside, they look just like any other Northglenn home. But for the people who live inside the two buildings that make up the city's Mental Health Transitional Living Home, they've quickly become much more life-changing than that.
Three months after a pet rescue imported a puppy with rabies to Colorado, the state is taking action. That incident resulted in 54 people being treated for rabies and 12 dogs being euthanized.
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated Thursday to become the third person executed in the U.S., and Alabama, by nitrogen gas.
The police chief in Simla, Colorado, Tony Schiefelbein, has resigned from his position this week as he faced a disciplinary hearing for allowing his teenage son to drive a Simla Police Department vehicle.
Go backstage of Funny Girl to see the costumes by Tony Award winner Susan Hilferty before the musical arrives at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
At first glance inside, they look just like any other Northglenn home. But for the people who live inside the two buildings that make up the city's Mental Health Transitional Living Home, they've quickly become much more life-changing than that.
Three months after a pet rescue imported a puppy with rabies to Colorado, the state is taking action. That incident resulted in 54 people being treated for rabies and 12 dogs being euthanized.
The Boulder Valley School District is following a national trend in an attempt to stop their Colorado students from using phones in class.
The first national tour of “Funny Girl” the musical is set to arrive in Denver in December, and with the incredibly talented cast comes more than 150 unique costumes designed to transfer audiences into another era of entertainment.
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At first glance, a mental health transitional living home looks from the outside like any other home in the Denver metro area.
For a second time, state officials are dealing with another case of rabies in a dog that was imported by a rescue. It led to euthanizations of puppies, and humans had to be treated.
A substitute school bus driver with the Douglas County School District has been fired, but parents in Castle Rock still want answers and accountability.
According to the Broncos, this is the first time in franchise history that a Broncos rookie quarterback has earned the honors.
Head coach Michael Malone on Tuesday night reached 432 wins as the head coach of the Denver Nuggets. That ties the record held by legendary coach Doug Moe.
Colorado Buffaloes head football Coach Deion Sanders brought a special guest with him to his weekly news conference in Boulder -- "Miss Peggy."
In the second half of Sunday's Denver Broncos game, rookie running back Audric Estimé momentarily took all of the crowd at Empower Field at Mile High's breath away.
An NHL referee was taken to the hospital after Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson slammed into him accidentally during Colorado's game in Philadelphia.
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated Thursday to become the third person executed in the U.S., and Alabama, by nitrogen gas.
The proposed breakup calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from favoring its search engine.
The FDA says America's food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," despite some recent high-profile recalls and outbreaks.
Conservationists are teaming up with the U.S. Forest Service and logging companies to clear scorched land and make room for new reforestation projects.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed new protections for giraffes, saying their populations are threatened by poaching, habitat loss and climate change.
Three months after a pet rescue imported a puppy with rabies to Colorado, the state is taking action. That incident resulted in 54 people being treated for rabies and 12 dogs being euthanized.
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated Thursday to become the third person executed in the U.S., and Alabama, by nitrogen gas.
A woman told police she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth, according to a detailed, newly released police report. He is now President-elect Trump's choice for defense secretary.
Conspiracies persist, although it is effectively impossible to steal a major election in the United States.
Trump signaled this week that he would enlist the help of the U.S. military for his massive deportation operation.
The FDA says America's food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," despite some recent high-profile recalls and outbreaks.
Lattes and other espresso-based drinks may not be available at some McDonald's restaurants due to a glitch with coffee machines.
It's finally time for full implementation of a 2022 ballot measure, as license applications for psilocybin healing centers become available at the end of the year.
CDC data shows rates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae have surged in babies.
Dr. Mehmet Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2022. Now he's Trump's choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The proposed breakup calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from favoring its search engine.
The FDA says America's food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," despite some recent high-profile recalls and outbreaks.
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Lattes and other espresso-based drinks may not be available at some McDonald's restaurants due to a glitch with coffee machines.
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The police chief in Simla, Colorado, Tony Schiefelbein, has resigned from his position this week as he faced a disciplinary hearing for allowing his teenage son to drive a Simla Police Department vehicle.
Law enforcement agencies are seeing a spike in smash-and-grab burglaries across the northern part of the Denver metro area and up into Northern Colorado.
Every time Michael Bryant leaves his apartment, he worries.
Another criminal case, impacted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's ongoing DNA scandal, will lead to a lenient plea bargain for a convicted killer.
The Colorado Department of Transportation is under scrutiny after more than two dozen people died in construction zone crashes this year.