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.
The Nuggets secured the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference and will face the Clippers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
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.
Rory McIlroy won a sudden-death playoff to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.
Three years after Russia's full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discusses the state of the war and his country's relationship with the U.S.
The former Clear Creek County deputy who shot and killed motorist Christian Glass is to be sentenced Monday.
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.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced its intent to seek the maximum penalty against 56-year-old Ishmael Petty should its prosecutors succeed in convicting him of murdering a second fellow inmate.
What started out as a complaint about a woman throwing trash out of her car window at a nature park Wednesday morning turned into a fiasco with the driver arrested on an array of new charges.
The Denver Nuggets are having success in the early going with their interim head coach.
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.
Aurora police have arrested a suspect in a drive-by shooting that left a man, woman and child injured Saturday night.
Andrew Buen, 31, the former Clear Creek County deputy sheriff who shot and killed motorist Christian Glass in 2022, will be sentenced Monday for criminally negligent homicide, but prior to the hearing told CBS News Colorado, "My actions resulted in the outcome of someone losing their life and that's something I live with every day."
Rain and a few snowflakes are possible in Denver.
The Nuggets secured the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference and will face the Clippers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
Rory McIlroy won a sudden-death playoff to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.
It may have been the hottest ticket ever to a minor league game as fans found their way to the Blue Arena in Loveland Friday night for the return of Gabriel Landeskog to professional hockey. Tickets were fetching well over $1,000.
Colorado Avalanche fans have been waiting for captain Gabriel Landeskog's comeback for 1,020 days. And on Friday night, he finally made his return. It was up in Loveland for the Colorado Eagles.
Coach David Carle and the Denver Pioneers were sent packing in the semifinal game of the Frozen Four and their quest for a third championship in four years has come to an end.
Rory McIlroy won a sudden-death playoff to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.
Dr. Peter Marks said that the deaths of unvaccinated children is "just not acceptable."
President Trump underwent the physical on Friday at Walter Reed Hospital.
In a filing on Saturday, the U.S. State Department, however, did not address a judge's demands that the Trump administration detail what steps it is taking to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.
President Trump justified the use of the military by saying the United States is "under attack from a variety of threats."
Dr. Peter Marks said that the deaths of unvaccinated children is "just not acceptable."
President Trump underwent the physical on Friday at Walter Reed Hospital.
President Trump's approvals on economy and inflation dip, as Wall Street has one of its most volatile weeks in recent years.
In a filing on Saturday, the U.S. State Department, however, did not address a judge's demands that the Trump administration detail what steps it is taking to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.
The Trump administration could release files on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy — the U.S. health secretary's father — within days, after decades of public fascination about the killing.
After seeing the latest case of measles in Colorado, an infection prevention manager said things are changing in the fight against the disease.
Dr. Peter Marks said that the deaths of unvaccinated children is "just not acceptable."
Independence Elementary in Aurora is being recognized by a national organization as one of the healthiest schools in the country
Steep cuts to the agency's workforce had disrupted drug and food safety inspections.
Angel Flight is an organization of volunteers saving countless lives. At the Colorado Air and Space Port, angels are regulars.
President Trump's approvals on economy and inflation dip, as Wall Street has one of its most volatile weeks in recent years.
Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war fuels worries about inflation and employment.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns that tariffs are likely to boost inflation, while urging the Trump administration to strike trade deals.
Stocks climbed on Friday even as Wall Street analysts warn of a growing trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
Some families, however, may be looking at alternatives after the average cost of a dozen eggs climbed to a record high of $6.23 in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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.
A conservative legal group said it was "no coincidence" that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and his staff began communicating on Signal after the group filed open records requests over Denver's handling of the migrant crisis.