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Here's when outdoor pools open in the Denver area
DENVER — Summer pool season has arrived. Memorial Day weekend traditionally marks the start of the outdoor pool season, continuing through Labor Day weekend. Water World and Elitch Gardens' water park opened for the summer season on Saturday. Denver. The City of Denver will open its outdoor pools on...
As veteran suicide rates climb, some Colorado hospitals provide gun safes to at-risk veterans
DENVER — A new initiative is helping some Denver-area hospitals get lifesaving equipment into the hands of veterans who are at risk for harming themselves. Veterans tend to own guns more than the general population. Chuck Frame, a licensed professional counselor with AdventHealth, said that can be concerning because data from the VA shows that of adults who die by suicide, firearms are used far more often by veterans than by non-veterans.
Why is There a Big Mushroom Can Water Tower in Colorado?
Drive through any Colorado town and you might see a water tower. Most of the water towers we see in Colorado are usually painted white and have no real significance to them other than their job of holding water. However, there is one water tower in a Colorado city that is quite historic and almost feels a bit out of place.
Free alcohol for alcoholics: Denver harm reduction advocate supports controversial program
San Francisco’s new managed alcohol program, or MAP, has made headlines for giving free alcohol to alcoholics. It’s the latest harm reduction approach to substance abuse, which includes giving needles and pipes to people addicted to drugs.
Have You Driven Down Colorado’s Oldest Paved Road?
The oldest paved road in Colorado was not the state's first road, nor is it the oldest road, but the story of the first time the Centennial State poured concrete for a public road dates back to 1918. Some of the very first projects to establish roads in Colorado began...
Chinese, Japanese communities have seen struggle, success in Colorado
The last spike was driven into the first continuous transcontinental railroad in Comanche Crossing about 40 miles east of Denver. It's just one of many contributions Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made to our country's and state's history, infrastructure and culture.However, those contributions have often been overlooked or forgotten, so CBS News Colorado is shining a light on a lost history in our state.Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was critical to trade, expansion and development in the U.S. Without it, you would have to take the six-month route around Cape Horn at the tip of South America by boat...
Belmar in Lakewood celebrates a big milestone
It has been 20 years since Lakewood officials aimed to change the struggling Villa Italia mall into something more. Two decades into the experiment, new residents and Lakewood lifers feel the impact of Belmar has been a net positive in more ways than one. "We've lived in this neighborhood about 20 years now and I love it," says Monique Macias, who has lived in this area since the 1980's. It's movie night for her and her granddaughter. A pleasant evening in what she's come to know as Belmar. "The shopping is so convenient and it's nice so we don't have so...
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