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Businesses near Colfax Avenue share concerns regarding drug use
The City and County of Denver Medical Examiner data shows just this year, outside overdose deaths in the city have almost doubled in comparison to last year's total.
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The City and County of Denver Medical Examiner data shows just this year, outside overdose deaths in the city have almost doubled in comparison to last year's total.
A Lakewood donut shop patron is expected to survive after an RV drove into the front of the shop while he was seated inside. The driver was badly hurt.
A new sign is honoring the life of a Colorado man killed by a repeat drunk driver in 2019.
Denver police were looking for a suspect in a hit and run that happened at the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Lincoln Street.
A new effort to revitalize a stretch of West Colfax Avenue is underway in the Sun Valley neighborhood.
Aurora police are investigating a deadly accident involving an RTD bus.
One person is dead and four others are hurt after a two-car crash at a 6th Avenue intersection early Friday morning.
A fatal two-car crash shut down 6th Avenue in both directions in the early part of the Friday morning rush hour.
Investigators from Aurora Fire Rescue released a photo of a man suspected of arson, and they're looking for tips in the case.
West Colfax Avenue in Denver is changing. It's already a hub for new development, but is also slated to be home to the first-of-its-kind Stackhouse.
Police say the driver suspected of causing a wreck involving multiple cars over the weekend is a 34-year-old woman.
The Colfax Marathon and Half Marathon are back on the streets after a year and a half due to the pandemic.
Police in Aurora are looking for the suspects involved in a deadly hit and run.
Thomas Young was robbed, beaten and shot and then left for dead.
Samuel Fussell remains at large in the deadly shooting in the 1500 block of North Stuart Street on Tuesday.
Denver police announced the arrest of four young men after a crime spree in which one person was hurt and Shmuel Silverberg was killed.
Two men have been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries following a fight on an RTD bus in Aurora.
Police officers shot a man suspected of firing shots into a vehicle after he allegedly threatened them with a gun on Sunday, Denver police said.
As the COVID-19 pandemic recovery gains momentum, some organizations around Denver know many people still need help. On Thursday, The Fax Partnership hosted its third event handing out money to local families in need.
A teenager was shot in Aurora early Monday morning. She is expected to survive, and detectives are searching for any suspect information.
A coalition says if it can save Casa Bonita, the beloved restaurant in Lakewood, the state and its residents will love what they can turn it into.
Police in Aurora say a driver hit a pedestrian Thursday morning and took off.
Police in Denver need help searching for a man in connection with a homicide investigation.
Denver police are looking for information after a deadly shooting along East Colfax Avenue on Thursday morning.
Police in Aurora are searching for the driver involved in a hit and run at East Colfax Avenue and Kingston Street.
Another Arctic blast and several chances of light snow are expected in Denver early next week. Moderate to heavy mountain snow begins Sunday night.
It may have been cold and snowy outside, but inside the gymnasium at Evergreen High School, it was heartwarming as students joined in a fun game with players with disabilities.
On Saturday Boulder County deputies recovered the body of a woman matching the description of a University of Colorado Boulder student who went missing last week.
Colorado is likely not the first place that comes to mind when you want to enjoy fresh seafood, but there's a spot in Aurora that's bound to change your mind.
Mountain View Fire Rescue was called to the scene of a crash Saturday afternoon when an SUV became stuck in the snow and was struck by a train in Boulder County.
Another Arctic blast and several chances of light snow are expected in Denver early next week. Moderate to heavy mountain snow begins Sunday night.
It may have been cold and snowy outside, but inside the gymnasium at Evergreen High School, it was heartwarming as students joined in a fun game with players with disabilities.
On Saturday Boulder County deputies recovered the body of a woman matching the description of a University of Colorado Boulder student who went missing last week.
Colorado is likely not the first place that comes to mind when you want to enjoy fresh seafood, but there's a spot in Aurora that's bound to change your mind.
Mountain View Fire Rescue was called to the scene of a crash Saturday afternoon when an SUV became stuck in the snow and was struck by a train in Boulder County.
On Saturday Boulder County deputies recovered the body of a woman matching the description of a University of Colorado Boulder student who went missing last week.
Accumulating snow and cold temperatures headed towards Denver.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said a depredation incident is under investigation after an uncollared wolf killed a cow on a ranch in Jackson County last week.
Mountain View Fire Rescue was called to the scene of a crash Saturday afternoon when an SUV became stuck in the snow and was struck by a train in Boulder County.
Saturday marked the first Jazz Roots Celebration in Five Points this month. The event features a number of exhibitions including the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library.
After an impressive string of wins, combined with a serious "Murray Flurry," the Nuggets have put themselves in a great position to land a favorable Western Conference playoff seed.
It's been two weeks since the Denver Broncos Foundation announced an unprecedented move to provide more than 15,000 Riddell Axiom football helmets for free to high school programs across the state.
A growing sport in a Colorado community is now looking for somewhere closer to home for practice.
The Russian-led IBA's criminal complaints against the International Olympics Committee stemmed from a 2024 controversy in women's boxing.
A performer at Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show who unfurled a flag with the words Sudan and Gaza in a protest over the two wars there will be banned from NFL stadiums for life, the league says.
The case marks at least the third confirmed bird flu hospitalization in the U.S.
The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
Officials at DHS said they had fired hundreds of employees across several of its agencies.
OpenAI attorney William Savitt said the proposal "is not in the best interests of OAI's mission and is rejected."
Troopers with the Wyoming Highway Patrol are investigating a crash with at least two deaths in which several vehicles collided inside an Interstate 80 tunnel near Green River.
Colorado's medical research community is looking at how to handle the potential of cuts to research grant money that it receives from the National Institutes of Health.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated Americans in El Salvador's prisons.
The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
Officials at DHS said they had fired hundreds of employees across several of its agencies.
The military announced in a social media post on Friday that it will no longer allow transgender people to enlist.
Colorado's medical research community is looking at how to handle the potential of cuts to research grant money that it receives from the National Institutes of Health.
The case marks at least the third confirmed bird flu hospitalization in the U.S.
No states mandate that students receive the COVID-19 vaccine, though other vaccine requirements remain in place.
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.
In the state of Colorado, there are more than 1,300 people waiting for an organ transplant.
The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
Federal layoffs are starting with huge numbers of probationary workers, and there are warnings of bigger cuts on the way.
Elon Musk's "dual roles pose conflicts of interest so obvious that they hardly require explanation," Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote in the letter obtained by CBS News.
The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.
Since being pulled from Apple and Google stores last month, TikTok had remained operational for those in the U.S. who had already downloaded the app, though updates were unavailable.
The Jefferson County School District is apologizing to the parents of a Columbine High School student after school officials helped the student lie on a federal form and then hid it from her parents so she could move in with a teacher.
An HOA management company was ordered by a judge to pay over $2 million back to an HOA. A lawsuit alleged one company official used homeowners' fees to buy a Louis Vuitton designer bag, a luxury Lincoln SUV, and more.
In the run up to a no-confidence vote this month on the fire chief, rank-and-file firefighters are facing a pressure campaign seeking to get them to vote against the no-confidence vote on him.
Phil Washington, the CEO of Denver International Airport, has seen and experienced what thousands of other commuters deal with often- severe congestion; "It's bad, and it's getting worse," says Washington.
A judge sentenced an Arapahoe County woman to 90 days in jail and probation for physically and mentally abusing her 55-year-old cousin who operated at the level of a 5 to 8-year-old child.