Elevating Black Voices: Watch the 2025 special
Tori Mason hosts CBS Colorado's Elevating Black Voices special.
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Tori Mason hosts CBS Colorado's Elevating Black Voices special.
Walking through Denver's Five Points Neighborhood is like walking through history. It's Denver's first predominantly Black neighborhood, historically a haven for small businesses like restaurants, and you can't forget about the music, especially Jazz. Five Points was known to many as the "Harlem of the West." Another kind of music was playing in churches here, worship and faith built the foundation of this community. Community is how so many Black businesses thrived here for decades, and community is what they're trying to get back after years of gentrification. History and the future can be found together at the intersection of Welton Street, North Washington Street, 27th Street, and East 26th Avenue. Join CBS Colorado as we take a look at Five Points: Then and Now.
To wrap up celebrations of Black History Month, fermentation students at CSU are selling peach cobbler beer at the on-campus brewery.
As the first African American woman to be ordained as a rabbi, Denver Rabbi Alysa Uriel Stanton's journey is one of determination, faith, and unwavering strength.
The National Brotherhood of Snowsports is back in Colorado celebrating its 52nd year as an organization.
A woman who started as a graphic designer became an icon for giving voice to her Colorado community.
Ada Belle Evans unseated an incumbent by 20 votes and wound up leaving an enduring impact.
A brand with a following, and an inspiration for other girls to chase their dreams.
A new resource is bringing culturally appropriate health care providers to Black Coloradans.
After leading efforts to get the course approved in Douglas County, the teacher is now preparing to teach it, reviewing the textbook, attending a weeklong class from AP, and meeting with a Cherry Creek teacher already teaching the course.
The Pentagon has issued a memo pausing "special observances" of several federal holidays amid a targeting of diversity initiatives from the White House, prompting shock, anger, and concern from several organizations in Colorado.
Before Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she made her home in Colorado.
Event organizers in the Denver metro area are pulling out the stops for Black History Month with music, art, history, and celebrations of the legacies of influential Black members of the community.
The film is focused on visits in 1964 and 1967, and how Coloradans responded when the civil rights leader was slain.
"Make Real the Promises of Democracy" is the 2025 theme, with events held over several days.
Dearfield was an early 20th-century African American townsite. It was founded by O. T. Jackson in 1910 and survived for two decades, supported by a 20,000-acre farm colony.
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver is giving students an extra confidence boost before they head back to school. Its gym was packed with Black girls getting their curls washed, pressed and styled as part of its "Locs and Lessons" event.
New racial equity study by state seeks to quantify impacts of racism on African Americans today.
For the third time, Colorado officially celebrates Juneteenth, and communities will look to celebrate the federal holiday through several events around the state.
The City of Aurora is celebrating Juneteenth with a midweek celebration at the Aurora Municipal Center Great Lawn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12.
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.
Fresh off his flight back from Texas, Ed Dwight walked with CBS Colorado across the terminal at Denver International Airport and reminisced about the opportunity he got over the weekend.
They started Wanderland Outdoors. A luxury Colorado outfitter that offers guided mindful hiking, guided fly-fishing trips, trail rides and more.
The nonprofit "CHIC" stands for Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities which helps provide opportunities and safe spaces for marginalized communities to thrive.
The event, hosted by the Black and African American Cultural Center on campus, allowed students of all backgrounds to see how their peers express themselves through both fashion and small businesses.
Witnesses testified Tuesday in the Colorado trial for the third and final suspect accused of throwing a rock into a car two years ago and killing a woman.
More than 60 acres of some of Rocky Mountain National Park's most heavily trafficked terrain was set aflame intentionally Tuesday.
The Colorado Buffaloes announced this week they will retire the jersey numbers of both Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
Neighbors supporting neighbors led to Douglas County installing new safety measures for a neighborhood plagued by speeders.
The person struck by a car on Interstate 25 near the town of Mead on Monday was armed and fleeing police when he got out of his car, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.
Witnesses testified Tuesday in the Colorado trial for the third and final suspect accused of throwing a rock into a car two years ago and killing a woman.
More than 60 acres of some of Rocky Mountain National Park's most heavily trafficked terrain was set aflame intentionally Tuesday.
Neighbors supporting neighbors led to Douglas County installing new safety measures for a neighborhood plagued by speeders.
The person struck by a car on Interstate 25 near the town of Mead on Monday was armed and fleeing police when he got out of his car, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is looking for your help to create a better-understood risk forecast for avalanches in mountainous areas of the state.
Witnesses testified Tuesday in the Colorado trial for the third and final suspect accused of throwing a rock into a car two years ago and killing a woman.
More than 60 acres of some of Rocky Mountain National Park's most heavily trafficked terrain was set aflame intentionally Tuesday
Kerri Renke is the RN and Trauma Program Director for HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge.
Los Dos Potrillos opened its newest location, and this one isn't in the suburbs. It's in Denver.
A group of veterans and volunteers gathered over the weekend to give back to the community as part of the nonprofit "The Mission Continues."
The Colorado Buffaloes announced this week they will retire the jersey numbers of both Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders.
The Colorado Avalanche says team captain Gabriel Landeskog will rejoin the team on Tuesday. The announcement represents his return to the NHL after a knee injury three years ago.
Greeley's City Council will vote Tuesday night on whether or not to approve a predevelopment agreement that would move forward a proposal to build an arena, conference center, hotel, water park, and more in western Greeley.
Avalanche forward Jack Drury says he's excited for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Last year Colorado Christian men's golf team did the unthinkable. They won the Division II national championship.
A federal judge found that the White House likely violated the First Amendment when it restricted the AP's access to press events based on its refusal to use the name Gulf of America.
CDC experts were not made available to discuss the findings showing a rise in autism prevalence.
President Trump says "we are looking into" how to send Americans to foreign prisons.
"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King, who before her spaceflight admitted that she's a nervous flyer, said she has a new confidence following her journey and revealed if she would do it again.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing on Tuesday that everyday Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "detained in CECOT is another date of irreparable harm."
The Colorado State Senate gave initial approval Monday to a bill that would limit cooperation between local governments and federal immigration authorities.
A federal judge found that the White House likely violated the First Amendment when it restricted the AP's access to press events based on its refusal to use the name Gulf of America.
A federal judge in Denver has ruled in favor of several immigrants' rights organizations and against the Trump administration concerning the administration's efforts to deport several men being held at a detention center in Aurora.
President Trump says "we are looking into" how to send Americans to foreign prisons.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said at a hearing on Tuesday that everyday Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "detained in CECOT is another date of irreparable harm."
CDC experts were not made available to discuss the findings showing a rise in autism prevalence.
A new study is projecting how radiation from computed tomography imaging, or CT scans, could lead to future cancers.
After seeing the latest case of measles in Colorado, an infection prevention manager said things are changing in the fight against the disease.
After a life-changing diagnosis, a Colorado woman is determined to live life to the fullest. Now, she's training for the biggest run of her life.
Dr. Peter Marks said that the deaths of unvaccinated children is "just not acceptable."
Filing a tax extension is easy. But it's important to know what you're getting into, including what to do if you owe money to the IRS.
Current efforts aim to rejuvenate Aurora's East Colfax corridor and ensure residents and longtime businesses aren't left behind. If approved, the area could be Aurora's first Downtown Development Authority.
Greeley's City Council will vote Tuesday night on whether or not to approve a predevelopment agreement that would move forward a proposal to build an arena, conference center, hotel, water park, and more in western Greeley.
Shares rallied for a second consecutive trading day after some electronics received a reprieve in the growing trade war.
President Trump denied there was a tariff exemption after some electronics were excluded from 145% levies on Chinese imports.
A Denver judge has sentenced Diego Marroquin, a former worker at St. John's school and church in southeast Denver, to four years of sex offender intensive supervised probation stemming from accusations by a teenage girl that Marroquin raped her at the church.
Andrew Buen, the former Clear Creek County deputy sheriff who shot and killed motorist Christian Glass, spoke publicly for the first time in interviews with CBS Colorado.
Nearly a year a horrific crash on Highway 285 near Conifer, some victim survivors say their vehicles are still being held in impound lots.
A spokesperson for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston admitted this week that the office has been operating an internal group on the encrypted messaging app Signal that was monitoring news stories and had been auto-deleting the group's messages.
A year ago, Michael Burch walked into the Huerfano County jail. He never walked out. His death has now prompted a federal lawsuit.