• More Millenials Live With Parents Than Any Other Living Arrangement

    More Millenials Live With Parents Than Any Other Living Arrangement
    (AP/CBS4) – More Americans ages 18 to 34 live with their parents than in apartments or in homes.
    That’s according to a new analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center.
    The center’s findings included the following facts:
    – The proportion of older millennials — those ages 25 to 34 — who are living at home has reached its highest point (19 percent) on record.
    – Nearly one-third of all millennials live with their parents, slightly more than the propor
  • Goodbye, Empty Nest: Millennials Staying Longer With Parents

    Goodbye, Empty Nest: Millennials Staying Longer With Parents
    (AP) – Many of America’s young adults appear to be in no hurry to move out of their old bedrooms.
    For the first time on record, living with parents is now the most common arrangement for people ages 18 to 34, an analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center has found.
    And the proportion of older millennials — those ages 25 to 34 — who are living at home has reached its highest point (19 percent) on record, Pew analysts said.
    Nearly one-third of all millennials live w
  • Police Search For Suspects Behind Gypsy Swindle

    Police Search For Suspects Behind Gypsy Swindle
    DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver searched for two men wanted in connection with performing shoddy work and using high-pressure sales tactics.
    The two men pictured are wanted for theft from an at-risk adult on May 20.
    Police believe they contacted the victim and offered to perform work on the victim’s house. They used high-pressure sales and performed minimal and poor quality work. They also demanded cash payment on the same day.
    The vehicle wanted in connection with the gypsy swindle
  • Man Gets Red Cross’ Highest Award For Saving Coworker’s Life

    Man Gets Red Cross’ Highest Award For Saving Coworker’s Life
    LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4) – A man in Lone Tree was given the Red Cross’ highest award on Tuesday after he helped save the life of his coworker last October.
    Earl Corney performed CPR on another man after he suddenly collapsed. He kept doing that until emergency responders arrived — something that officials say was life-saving.
    Earl Corney (right) getting the award (credit: CBS)
    Earl Corney (right) getting the award (credit: CBS)
    (credit: CBS)
    The coworker survived.
    “When I
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  • Peyton Manning Checks In With Family Of Infant Who Got Lifesaving Heart Transplant

    Peyton Manning Checks In With Family Of Infant Who Got Lifesaving Heart Transplant
    PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – A 2-month-old baby in Pueblo is being called a living miracle after getting and surviving a heart transplant.
    Cash Blanchfield was diagnosed with a severe heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM, on top of having a genetic disorder.
    “It progressed to the point where both sides were having difficulty getting blood out of the heart,” said pediatric cardiologist Scott Auerbach.
    The Blanchfields (credit: KKTV)
    Doctors thought he wo
  • Peyton Manning Checks In With Family Of Infant Who Got Heart Transplant

    Peyton Manning Checks In With Family Of Infant Who Got Heart Transplant
    PUEBLO, Colo. (CBS4) – A 2-month-old baby in Pueblo is being called a living miracle after getting and surviving a heart transplant.
    Cash Blanchfield was diagnosed with a severe heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM, on top of having a genetic disorder.
    “It progressed to the point where both sides were having difficulty getting blood out of the heart,” said pediatric cardiologist Scott Auerbach.
    The Blanchfields (credit: KKTV)
    Doctors thought he wo
  • 2-Alarm Fire Forces Evacuation At Trailer Park In Dotsero

    2-Alarm Fire Forces Evacuation At Trailer Park In Dotsero
    By Matt Kroschel
    DOTSERO, Colo. (CBS4)– A two-alarm fire at a trailer park in Dotsero has forced an evacuation of all residents.
    The fire started Tuesday afternoon at the mobile home park. It was contained to a cabin under construction and a shed.
    Firefighters say the fire is putting out a lot of black smoke that could cause poor visibility for drivers on Interstate 70.
    Witnesses told CBS4 news they heard a series of explosions.
    No one is hurt.
    What caused the fire is under investigat
  • Many Mountain Roads, Campsites Still Closed For Memorial Day Weekend

    Many Mountain Roads, Campsites Still Closed For Memorial Day Weekend
    FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) – Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the summer camping season in Colorado but officials with the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland say that many National Forest System roads and campsites along the Front Range are still closed because of the conditions at higher elevations.
    “Snow is still deep at the higher elevations in the mountains around Fort Collins, Boulder, Idaho Springs and Granby; and spring rains and snowmelt have l
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  • Feds Announce $10 Million For Wildfire Projects In Colorado, 11 Other States

    Feds Announce $10 Million For Wildfire Projects In Colorado, 11 Other States
    MARSING, Idaho (AP) – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Tuesday toured a massive wildfire rehabilitation effort in southwest Idaho that’s part of the federal government’s new wildfire strategy and then announced $10 million for projects in 12 states to reduce wildfire threats.
    The money is part of the Wildland Fire Resilient Landscapes Program intended to restore public lands.
    Recipients include:
    -Southern Utah, which will receive $3.5 million to improve habitat for greater sa
  • Aspen Mountain Will Offer Skiing On Memorial Day Weekend

    Aspen Mountain Will Offer Skiing On Memorial Day Weekend
    ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s Aspen Mountain will open for skiing and snowboarding on Memorial Day weekend.
    Aspen Mountain previously opened for Memorial Day skiing in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014. Aspen Skiing Co. announced Monday that it would extend this year’s season until May 30.
    Skiing will be available off the Ajax Express chair on the upper part of the mountain.
    The National Weather Service forecast calls for a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday, with a p
  • Supporters Urge Gov. Hickenlooper To Sign Liquor Bill Into Law

    Supporters Urge Gov. Hickenlooper To Sign Liquor Bill Into Law
    DENVER (CBS4)– A bill to put full-strength beer, wine and liquor in grocery stores across Colorado now awaits the governor’s signature.
    Supporters, including distillers, small business owners and liquor store owners, gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday morning to urge Gov. John Hickenlooper to sign the bill into law.
    The bill’s sponsors say the bill isn’t as complicated as the language suggests.
    Supporters of the liquor sales in grocery stores at the state Capitol (c
  • Mark Sanchez A Surprise Participant In Broncos OTAs

    Mark Sanchez A Surprise Participant In Broncos OTAs
    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Mark Sanchez isn’t allowing his injured left thumb to sideline him at the start of the Denver Broncos’ organized team activities.
    Wearing a black brace on his surgically repaired thumb, Sanchez took snaps Tuesday ahead of second-year quarterback Trevor Siemian and first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch.
    The Super Bowl champs’ new starting quarterback had been expected to miss the first week of workouts after a weight room mishap May 13.
    There were a
  • Mother, Grandmother Accused Of Hiding Hit-And-Run Suspect

    Mother, Grandmother Accused Of Hiding Hit-And-Run Suspect
    GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)– The mother and grandmother of a hit-and-run suspect have been accused of hiding the man while police searched for him.
    Ignacio Paul Daigle and Paul Engle allegedly stole a pickup truck and caused a fatal crash as they were trying to drive away from officers in March.
    Jessica Holman, 33, of Thornton was killed in the crash near 88th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Holman had been with family members and was driving to buy dinner when she was struck and killed.
    Jessica
  • NFL Adopts Expanded Instant Replay

    NFL Adopts Expanded Instant Replay
    CHARLOTTE (The Sports Xchange) – Expanded instant replay was approved at the NFL Owners meetings Tuesday with a focus on preventing administrative issues.
    The changes are not the extensive overhaul of instant replay proposed by the Baltimore Ravens but the expansion of communication to correct mistakes related to the game clock, down and distance and penalty yardage represent new additions to what the NFL defines as reviewable. The adopted proposal was made by the league’s competitio
  • 1 Dead After Home Invasion, Shooting In Durango

    1 Dead After Home Invasion, Shooting In Durango
    DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4)– One man was shot and killed during a home invasion in Durango early Tuesday morning.Officers rushed to the 200 block of Jenkins Ranch Road in Durango early Tuesday morning where they discovered one gunshot victim. The victim has been identified as Samuel Gordon, 20, of Santa Fe, N.M. Gordon was a student at Fort Lewis College.He was rushed to Mercy Regional Medical Center where he died a short time later.
    Officers stopped a vehicle leaving the scene. Four suspects in
  • 1 Dead After Home Invasion, Shooting

    1 Dead After Home Invasion, Shooting
    DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4)– One man was shot and killed during a home invasion in Durango early Tuesday morning.Officers rushed to the 200 block of Jenkins Ranch Road in Durango early Tuesday morning where they discovered one gunshot victim. The victim has been identified as Samuel Gordon, 20, of Santa Fe, N.M. Gordon was a student at Fort Lewis College.He was rushed to Mercy Regional Medical Center where he died a short time later.
    Officers stopped a vehicle leaving the scene. Four suspects in
  • Man Accused Of Blowing Up Mailbox To Appear In Court

    Man Accused Of Blowing Up Mailbox To Appear In Court
    DENVER (CBS4)– A man charged in connection with blowing up a Postal Service mailbox in Arvada is scheduled to appear in federal court on Tuesday.
    According to the arrest affidavit, John Henry Bowman, 45, admitted to blowing up a mailbox located in a parking lot on the 9500 block of Ralston Road with a pipe bomb filled with gun powder.
    (credit: CBS)
    Arvada police said just before 2:30 a.m. on April 21 several people called about a suspicious noise. Police responded but were unable to determ
  • Mount Evans Set To Partially Re-Open On Friday

    Mount Evans Set To Partially Re-Open On Friday
    IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Road crews working on Mount Evans won’t get the holiday weekend off.
    The highway to the summit usually opens on the Friday before Memorial Day but the Colorado Department of Transportation says this year the road will only open to Summit Lake on Friday because of all the snow that that fell in May. Crews will keep working through the weekend to clear the four miles above the lake and expect to have it ready to open all the way to top Monday.Crews work to c
  • Firefighters Hit The Water For Swift Water Rescue Training

    Firefighters Hit The Water For Swift Water Rescue Training
    GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)– Firefighters from West Metro and South Metro Fire Rescue hit the water on Tuesday for swift water rescue training.They practiced in Clear Creek in Golden. This is the time of the year when rushing water in Colorado can turn deadly. (credit: CBS)
    “This time of year when we have the snow melt, we have increased temperature, we have more water coming down so we have more flow, so to have our guys train for rescue in these situations,” said West Metro Fire Res
  • ‘Chewbacca Mom’ Makes An Appearance On ‘The Late Late Show’

    ‘Chewbacca Mom’ Makes An Appearance On ‘The Late Late Show’
    (CBS) – A Texas woman who made an online video that got 140 million views in three days appeared on Monday night’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden.
    Candace Payne gained instant celebrity status last week after she posted a video of herself laughing in the car after she purchased a Chewbacca mask and put it on.
    (credit: CBS)
    On Corden’s show on Monday, Payne drove the host to work. Corden pretended that her Chewbacca mask, which makes noise, didn’t sound an
  • Boulder Man Summits Everest Without Supplemental Oxygen

    Boulder Man Summits Everest Without Supplemental Oxygen
    MT. EVEREST, Nepal (CBS4)– A man from Boulder made the trek to the summit of Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen.
    Cory Richards made it to the top and it was all documented on social media by his climbing partner Adrian Ballinger.#Everest Live: 06:34 local time Cory Richards @coryrichardsNG has summited Mt Everest! On his way down now! #EverestNoFilter
    — Adrian Ballinger (@alpenglowexp) May 24, 2016Richards achieved his goal overnight Monday and started making his way down on Tue
  • Toyota Adding 1.6 Million Vehicles To Takata Air Bag Recall

    Toyota Adding 1.6 Million Vehicles To Takata Air Bag Recall
    DETROIT (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 1.6 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace potentially faulty front passenger air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan.
    The action expands what was already the biggest automotive recall in U.S. history. The U.S. government announced earlier this month that 17 automakers — including Toyota — are adding 35 million to 40 million Takata inflators to the 28.8 million that have already been recalled after multiple investig
  • Blood Donations Needed Before Holiday Weekend

    Blood Donations Needed Before Holiday Weekend
    DENVER (CBS4)– Blood donations typically drop before and during holiday weekends and that has Bonfils Blood Center asking for donations before the unofficial start of summer.
    The drop is as much as 20 percent compared to when the blood bank has enough supply. The donation decrease typically happens because school is out for the year and families are on vacation during Memorial Day weekend.
    The goal for Bonfils is to have a four day supply of donated blood at all times which will be used to
  • CDOT Encourages Drivers, Passengers To Take ‘Lil’ Mac Pledge’

    CDOT Encourages Drivers, Passengers To Take ‘Lil’ Mac Pledge’
    GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Two parents whose child died earlier this year joined Colorado law enforcement officers and officials from the Colorado Department of Transportation on Monday in the launch of a new Click It or Ticket campaign.
    The campaign centers around taking the Lil’ Mac Pledge. It encourages everyone to wear seat belts while driving in memory of Mackenzie Forrest, the Lakewood High School basketball star whodied in a crash on Interstate 70 in the mountains in March. Forres
  • Douglas County Sets Up Safe Havens For Online Purchase Exchanges

    Douglas County Sets Up Safe Havens For Online Purchase Exchanges
    HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (CBS4) – The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has just set up safe places for online shoppers to exchange items they buy from one another.
    There won’t be any department staff present to supervise the transactions, but the two parking lots that have been designated Internet Purchase Exchange Locations are under video surveillance.
    (credit: CBS)
    The parking spaces set up in the lots are located at the Douglas County Justice Centerat 4000 Justice Way in Castl
  • Lady Antebellum To Host Televised ACM Honors Show

    Lady Antebellum To Host Televised ACM Honors Show
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum will host the 10th annual ACM Honors show, which will be televised for the first time.
    The show will honor Glen Campbell, Tanya Tucker, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Little Big Town. It will be held Aug. 30 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
    The show presents special awards and off-camera category winners from the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards, held in April in Las Vegas.
    Other award recipients in
  • Bill Cosby Arrives In Court In Sex-Assault Case

    Bill Cosby Arrives In Court In Sex-Assault Case
    NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby arrived in court Tuesday for a key hearing on whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put the 78-year-old comedian on trial on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman over a decade ago.
    Cosby walked into the Montgomery County courthouse on the arm of an aide, waving to people waiting outside. He looked healthier than he did when he was charged in December, and was not carrying a cane this time.
    It was not immediately known whether his accuser
  • De La Rosa Returns, Rockies Prepare For 3 Games At Fenway

    Jorge De La Rosa will be activated from the disabled list to make the start and has been out since suffering a groin strain in an outing on April 26.
  • Rusin Will Provide Relief For Ineffective Lyles

    Rusin Will Provide Relief For Ineffective Lyles
    PITTSBURGH (The Sports Xchange) – One ongoing problem got worse for the Colorado Rockies in yet another unsuccessful trip to Pittsburgh, but another one got closer to being resolved.
    Right-hander Jordan Lyles made a fifth straight ineffective start, allowing four earned runs, walking three, permitting three stolen bases — and hitting opposing pitcher Ryan Vogelsong with a fastball Monday in a 6-3 loss to the Pirates. Colorado is 3-9 in PNC Park since 2013.
    Lyles came back to the Rock
  • Water World Opens For Season On Saturday

    Water World Opens For Season On Saturday
    FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. (CBS4)– Water World opens for the season on Saturday.
    Copter4 flew over the water park on Monday where the pools and slides were being prepared for big crowds.
    Copter4 flew over Water World (credit: CBS)
    LINK: Water World
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  • West Metro Firefighters Demonstrate Why Fires Burn So Fast

    West Metro Firefighters Demonstrate Why Fires Burn So Fast
    By Alan Gionet
    LAKEWOOD, Colo (CBS4) – Your home is most likely part of a growing problem; more dangerous fires.
    “We’re going into so much more dangerous conditions right now,” said West Metro Fire captain Steve Hildebrandt. “We have such a limited time period in which we can get in and extinguish that fire.”
    The reason is probably right in front of you — or right under you; your furniture. We set up a test with West Metro firefighters. They built t
  • $1,000 Reward Offered For Missing Baby Goats In Possible ‘Kid-Napping’

    $1,000 Reward Offered For Missing Baby Goats In Possible ‘Kid-Napping’
    By Tom MustinFRANKTOWN, Colo. (CBS4)– A Douglas County man is offering a $1000 reward, for the return of his missing goats. The baby goats were just days old and may have been stolen.
    “Anger and sadness,” said Doug Casto.
    He just wants his goats back.
    “They are all cute little guys, and it makes me angry as hell,” he told CBS4’s Tom Mustin.
    (credit: CBS)
    After retiring from Lockheed Martin three years ago, Doug started raising Keeko goats at his farm near Fran
  • Bird Strike Forces Plane To Return To DIA

    Bird Strike Forces Plane To Return To DIA
    By Kelly Werthmann
    DENVER (CBS4)– Airplanes and birds may do their best to share the sky, but they don’t always succeed. Passengers en route from Denver to San Francisco learned that the hard way Monday morning.
    “We were very close to just getting up in the air when we heard a loud crunching kind of noise,” Meg Brook, passenger on Virgin America Airlines Flight 865, told CBS4.
    The San Francisco-bound flight took off from Denver International Airport just before noon but r
  • Severe Thunderstorms Possible Tuesday Afternoon

    Severe Thunderstorms Possible Tuesday Afternoon
    By Justin McHeffey
    Tuesday’s elevated risk of severe weather could bring the strongest storms that we’ve seen in several weeks. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK is forecasting large hail and damaging winds for parts of the northeastern plains.
    (credit: NOAA)
    The “enhanced” area highlighted in orange has the highest likelihood of one inch diameter hail and larger. Some of the storms could also produce straight-line winds over 60 miles per hour. Property damage is
  • Arson Investigators Examine Burned Motorcycles, Sedan

    Arson Investigators Examine Burned Motorcycles, Sedan
    By Stan Bush
    DENVER (CBS4)– Two motorcycles and a sedan were incinerated in a fire that may have been set intentionally.
    The fire happened just before 4:30am Monday at the Whispering Pine Condominium Complex near East Quincy Ave. & South Syracuse Street in South Denver.
    (credit: CBS)
    The vehicles were unrecognizable by the time Denver firefighters arrived.
    A Denver Fire Department spokesman told CBS4 the arson unit is investigating the fire even though a cause has still not been determ
  • What Sparked Buttermilk Mountain Fire Still A Mystery

    What Sparked Buttermilk Mountain Fire Still A Mystery
    By Matt KroschelASPEN, Colo. (CBS4)– Fire investigators returned to Buttermilk Mountain on Monday morning to work to determine what sparked the blaze that destroyed a childhood center.
    The fire destroyed the iconic Fort Frog children’s center at the top of Buttermilk Mountain Ski Area on Sunday. Smoke could be seen for miles according to local residents.The structure is located about one run to the west of the top of the Tiehack chairlift. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office tol
  • Woman Summits Mt. Everest With Broncos Flag

    Woman Summits Mt. Everest With Broncos Flag
    MT. EVEREST, Nepal (CBS4)– A woman climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest with some very precious cargo– a Denver Broncos flag.Kim Hess posted the pictures on her Facebook page of her summit on May 21.She posted, “I danced on the summit of Mt Everest (29,034ft). I pushed my body further than I knew possible and after patiently waiting for the stars to align my soul touched the sky. Thank you Mt Everest for opening your door, inviting me in to visit, and letting me stay awhile.&rd
  • Changes Underway For Temporary Registration Tags

    Changes Underway For Temporary Registration Tags
    DENVER (CBS4)– A change is underway to temporary registration permits in Colorado.
    Division of Motor Vehicles offices in three counties started making the change on Monday. Those offices started issuing the new temporary license plates to drivers.
    The temporary tags have more information including the make, model and vehicle identification number.
    Instead of taping the temporary plate to the back window, it will actually be placed in the license plate holder.
    (credit: CBS)
    “I think i
  • Bomb Threat Calls Target Schools In Colorado, Across U.S.

    Bomb Threat Calls Target Schools In Colorado, Across U.S.
    PARKER, Colo. (CBS4)– Students at Cherokee Trail Elementary school in Parker were evacuated from the building on Monday afternoon. The school was one of several in different states that received the calls.
    Parker police said the evacuation was prompted by an anonymous threat to the school with an automated call about noon Monday. It was similar to threats made at at least six schools around the state.
    Cherokee Trail Elem. under precautionary evacuation due to anonymous threats to schools a
  • Watch Xfinity Monday Live With Broncos Lineman Max Garcia

    Watch Xfinity Monday Live With Broncos Lineman Max Garcia
    See video from Monday night's CBS4 Sports show!
  • Victims In Planned Parenthood Attack Say It Was Preventable

    Victims In Planned Parenthood Attack Say It Was Preventable
    DENVER (AP) — Victims of a mass shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic say more should have been done to prevent the attack, given the history of violence against the reproductive health organization.
    A lawsuit filed Friday says the Colorado Springs clinic lacked armed security guards and adequate fencing during the November attack. Three people were killed and nine others injured.
    Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Whitney Phillips declined comment on the suit. She says the organiza
  • Time Running Out For Bud’s Warehouse, Job Training Program

    By Jeff Todd
    DENVER (CBS4)– A home improvement thrift store is running out of time to raise enough money and stay in business.
    Bud’s Warehouse has been located in a warehouse on the north side of Interstate 70 just east of Colorado Boulevard.
    “Marijuana is buying up a lot of industry buildings like this. They flooded the market and made it impossible for individuals like us to sustain,” said Chris Middleton, the manager of Bud’s Warehouse.
    (credit: CBS)
    “We&rs
  • How To Escape A Fire: Denver Firefighters Share Life Saving Lessons

    How To Escape A Fire: Denver Firefighters Share Life Saving Lessons
    By Alan Gionet
    DENVER (CBS4)  There’s a troubling trend in metro area fires this year, people jumping out of windows.
    “What we’ve experienced probably in the past six or eight months is several fires in which people decided to self-extricate themselves out of a bedroom window, out of a bathroom window,” said Denver Fire Assistant Chief Ryan Nuanes.
    CBS4’s Alan Gionet talks with Denver Fire Assistant Chief Nuanes (credit: CBS)
    Fires like one on North Federa
  • School Threats Could Be Latest In School ‘Swatting’

    School Threats Could Be Latest In School ‘Swatting’
    DENVER (AP) — Threats made against schools across the United States, including Colorado, led to the evacuation of students Monday in what could be the latest example of so-called “swatting” against schools.
    In recent months, hoaxers playing online games have allegedly used proxy servers and other high-tech identity-disguising tools to anonymously threaten schools online or in phone messages with electronic voices to trigger a huge police response, including SWAT teams.
    The late
  • Students Work To Make The ‘R’ Word Obsolete

    Students Work To Make The ‘R’ Word Obsolete
    By Kathy Walsh
    PARKER, Colo. (CBS4)– They call it the “R” word … retard or retarded. It can be a cruel label for a person with intellectual disabilities.
    For years now, there has been a national campaign called “Spread the Word to End the Word.” This year, students at Legend High School in Parker decided to show the entire student body how much that word can hurt.
    (credit: CBS)
    The students were peer interns, helping the students with special needs one on one
  • The Buzz Over A Bee Hive In Lakewood Neighborhood

    The Buzz Over A Bee Hive In Lakewood Neighborhood
    By Matt Kroschel
    LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Urban farming is a growing trend across the metro area but one aspect has some neighbors buzzing and government employees claim it’s the single most divisive zoning issue they encounter.
    Wayne Dougherty calls a quiet cul-de-sac in south Lakewood home. Three years ago, some concerning neighbors moved in just down the street– thousands of honeybees. The backyard beehive is legal in Lakewood because of an urban agricultural ordinance that a
  • Lakewood Bee Hive Requirements

    Lakewood Bee Hive Requirements
    A summary of requirements is provided below:
    Obtaining small animal permit, which allows the city to provide education to homeowners on the requirements for keeping bees as well as resources for proper beekeeping.
    Requiring hives to be 25 feet from any public walkway whether that walkway is on the font, side or back of a home.
    Limiting the number of hives by the size of the lot.
    Requiring a flyway barrier, which prompts the bees to enter and exit their hives from a certain direction.
    Providing a
  • Aurora Police Investigate After 2 Found Shot To Death

    Aurora Police Investigate After 2 Found Shot To Death
    AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Aurora investigated the deaths of two menfound shot to death late Sunday night.Officers rushed to the 15000 block of East 13th Avenue at the Sunrise Apartments about 11:45 p.m. Sunday. Once inside the apartment, officers discovered two men had been shot and killed.
    Police arrested one suspect in connection to the deaths.

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