Denver, Aurora, Boulder prepare to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
"Make Real the Promises of Democracy" is the 2025 theme, with events held over several days.
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"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.
As CBS News Colorado continues to Elevate Black Voices, we wanted to highlight a Black choir right here in our community. Tarell Martin & C2 Mass Choir is comprised of singers from a number of churches across Colorado.
Workers covered up parts of the damaged area of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" monument in Denver's City Park as the artist who created it came by to lament what had happened.
Communities across the region are finding innovative ways to address racial equity, to ensure all Coloradans thrive.
For seven years, members of a predominantly White church congregation in Douglas County have been meeting every month to learn about race and racism.
The owners of "Flow n Frequency" provided a yoga demonstration Sunday morning with CBS Colorado weekend morning anchor Kennedy Cook.
CBS News Colorado weekend morning anchor Kennedy Cook speaks with the owners of "Flow n Frequency," who discuss the benefits of yoga in the Black community.
CBS News Colorado continues to Elevate Black Voices as weekend morning anchor Kennedy Cook speaks with an employee of Athletics and Beyond, a program designed to mentor minority students.
On this Valentine's Day, local flower shops are blooming with business including the shop, Black and Blossomed. It's a Black-owned business in Denver that has spent the past week getting ready for today. That included preparing more than 100 flower orders and making nearly a dozen deliveries of flowers.
When Yemi Mobolade ran for mayor of Colorado Springs, not many gave him a chance.
Popular public speaking class instills confidence in people communicating in a new language.
On any given weekday, inside an Aurora classroom, you can find students producing their own masterpieces: from singing a cappella duets to scratching over beats, even creating music podcasts talking about their current favorite artists.
It's been one year since a Douglas County mother says her children began experiencing racial bullying at their school. She says the district still hasn't made any changes. She planned a daily sit-in, which she says has been met with aggression.
A group of Denver Public Schools alumni was disappointed that -- time and again -- when they asked DPS grads how many people from their community had gone on to success. Few, if any, hands would go up.
Jazz is rooted in the rhythm of the Mile High City – and the sound leads back to a historic Denver neighborhood.
An experienced solo backcountry skier and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was the person who died in an avalanche in Colorado a week ago.
Colorado has a new judicial district for the first time in more than 60 years.
There are now more people moving out than there are moving in to the state, according to an annual report.
On Tuesday families flocked to the National Western Stock Show in Denver to take advantage of Free Grounds Admission Day.
Inside the robotics classroom at Rangeview High School in Aurora, students bring ideas to life. A new federal donation will continue that ability.
A dangerously cold Colorado weekend is approaching.
A state lawmaker has filed a lawsuit against Lyft and Shanu Transportation after she claims she was sexually assaulted.
An experienced solo backcountry skier and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was the person who died in an avalanche in Colorado a week ago.
Colorado has a new judicial district for the first time in more than 60 years.
There are now more people moving out than there are moving in to the state, according to an annual report.
We know Coloradans want to help people affected by the California wildfires, and CBS is teaming up with the American Red Cross. You can donate by going to RedCross.org/CBS.
Maxar is a space technology company in Westminster that specializes in satellite imagery.
Colorado state lawmaker Jenny Willford has filed a lawsuit against Lyft and Shanu Transportation after she claims she was sexually assaulted.
Interstate 70 was closed in the Vail Pass area during the day.
Teacher Claire Pasco encouraged her students to write letters of support to wildfire victims.
Former Colorado Buffalo and NFL linebacker and current Coloradan Chad Brown says his hometown in California, as well as his parents' home, were destroyed in the Eaton Fire, which continues to burn in the Los Angeles area.
Bo Nix revealed he played through a transverse process fracture of the lumbar spine.
The University of Colorado is honoring former football head coach Bill McCartney in a free memorial event that will be open to the public. McCartney was 84 when he died peacefully, his family said.
Police found that the man was sending Caitlin Clark messages on X that contained multiple threatening and sexually explicit messages.
Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, James Cook scored on a 5-yard run and finished with 120 yards rushing, and the Buffalo Bills leaned on a balanced offensive attack in a 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos in a wild-card playoff game on Sunday.
South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, faced some tough questions from Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The death risk goes up to 1 in 100 for those who drink alcohol nine times per week, the report found.
The move is likely to be reversed by the incoming Trump administration.
In 2023, the measure had no support from Democrats. This time, it had two Democratic votes.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, faced some tough questions from Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Colorado's Republican members of Congress -- Lauren Boebert, Jeff Crank, Gabe Evans, and Jeff Hurd -- are calling for an end to wolf reintroduction in the state and delisting the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act.
The move is likely to be reversed by the incoming Trump administration.
In 2023, the measure had no support from Democrats. This time, it had two Democratic votes.
The fast-moving legal battle over the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report played out days before Trump's second-term inauguration.
There's a new health warning in Colorado over potential exposure to hepatitis A at a Mexican restaurant in Boulder.
The death risk goes up to 1 in 100 for those who drink alcohol nine times per week, the report found.
More than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter, federal data shows.
Thousands of consumers are getting about $150 each after buying face masks falsely advertised as N95 or equivalent.
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
There are now more people moving out than there are moving in to the state, according to an annual report.
Meta will cut about 5% of its workforce, focusing on getting rid of low-performing employees at the social media giant.
A law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. is set to take effect on Jan. 19. Here's what that would mean for users of the social media platform.
A popular truck stop in Johnstown is going through some changes.
Consumers will have to buy something if they want to hang out at its coffee shops or use its restrooms.
Denver's mayor plans to announce that the city is acquiring the former Park Hill Golf Course in a land swap deal, and plans to turn it into a public park and open space, according to multiple sources.
The grandparents of Denver stabbing suspect Elijah Caudill say their grandson was plagued with untreated mental health issues all his life and nursed a serious drug habit that included crystal meth, fentanyl and synthetic marijuana.
Records obtained by CBS Colorado show the Colorado Department of Corrections purchased hundreds of Motorola cameras for the adult parole division.
While combing through a pile of paperwork in his kitchen, Brad Bernero says he is doubling down on his fight against the banking giant Wells Fargo.
The former mayor and police chief of Lakeside pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzlement of public property and official misconduct in connection with a car-flipping scheme uncovered in a CBS News Colorado investigation.