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• Colorado teen job prospects brighter

  June 4, 2012 10:54 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado labor officials say job prospects for teenagers are brighter this year. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the number of job postings and employers at youth hiring fairs are up this year for adults and teenagers. According to the Denver Post, the most recent... more »

• Unemployment up from last week

  September 8, 2011 8:42 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up slightly last week, evidence that the job market isn't improving. The Labor Department says weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 414,000. The report suggests companies aren't significantly increasing layoffs, despite weak... more »

• U.S. gas prices down 9 cents over past 2 weeks

  May 22, 2011 6:38 PM

  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped about 9 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices puts the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.91. Analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the national average... more »

• Beetle-infested trees removed in Colorado

  September 22, 2010 8:56 AM

  The U.S. Forest Service has begun cutting down beetle-infested trees in the Silverthorne area. Crews with chain saws moved into the area Monday and Forest Service officials say the work will continue indefinitely depending on firefighters' availability. The tiny beetles that burrow under the bark of pine trees... more »

• Old health department comes crumbling down

  August 31, 2010 7:06 PM

  It's the final chapter for a historic building in Downtown Pueblo. On Tuesday demolition crews tore down the old health department building on Central Main St. The building was built in 1956. The Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority says this space will temporarily be used as a parking lot and eventually... more »

• Calhan plane crash victims identified

  August 24, 2010 2:04 PM

  The two men killed in a small plane crash in eastern El Paso County Monday have been identified. William Boecking, 76, and Daniel Saunders, 60, died when their Cessna slammed straight into the ground. The plane crashed in a field at 30103 Washington Road in Calhan. The El Paso... more »

• Home foreclosures jump 9 percent in July

  August 12, 2010 10:09 AM

  The number of homes lost to foreclosures surged again in July as lenders took back almost 93,000 properties, up nine percent from June. In a new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, only 29 percent of respondents felt the economy has hit bottom; 64 percent say there is still a ways... more »

• Coast Guard copter crashes off Washington coast

  July 7, 2010 1:58 PM

  A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard says one of its helicopters has gone down off the Washington coast, and two crew members are missing. Petty officer Nathan Bradshaw in Seattle says rescue crews are looking for the missing crew off the waters of James Island, near La Push,... more »

• Colorado gas prices below national average

  July 7, 2010 9:47 AM

  Next time you gas-up you're in for a nice surprise--the price has gone down. Average retail gas prices in Colorado have fallen 2.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.64. The national average is $2.72. But Patrick DeHaan, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy.com says it's too... more »

• Stock market tumbles to end week

  June 4, 2010 4:26 PM

  Stocks have tumbled after the government said hiring remains weak and Hungary became the latest European country to report its economy is in crisis. The Dow Jones industrials are down 324 points Friday at 9,931. The Labor Department says private employers added 41,000 jobs in May, down dramatically from... more »

• End of the road for Ford's Mercury vehicles

  June 2, 2010 7:41 PM

  It's been predicted for years, now Ford confirms it is killing off its Mercury division. The Mercury brand has survived for 72-years. During a conference call to dealers, Ford executives said that winding down Mercury will allow the automaker to focus more attention on its mainstream Ford vehicles and especially... more »

• City of Denver website hacked

  May 25, 2010 10:06 AM

  The website for the city and county of Denver has been hacked for the second time in a week. The website Denvergov.org was pulled down Monday night after a hacker replaced the city's home page with a green and black page, and the website said it was still down... more »

• FBI says violent crime rate down again

  May 24, 2010 9:33 AM

  The FBI says the violent crime rate in the United States is down for the third year in a row. The decline last year amounted to 5.5 percent for violent crime and the rate for property crime was down 4.9 percent. The FBI collected the crime data from more... more »

• Stocks plunge more than 200 points

  April 27, 2010 4:16 PM

  U.S. stocks followed European markets sharply lower Tuesday after Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt of Greece and Portugal. The rating agency's move intensified investors' fears that Europe's debt problems are spreading. The Dow Jones industrial average ended trading down more than 200 points. All the major market indexes... more »

• UPDATE: Pueblo charter schools on partial lock down

  February 25, 2010 3:25 PM

  Cesar Chavez Academy and Dolores Huerta Preparatory High will remain on partial lock down Thursday and Friday, according to a top school official. Last Friday the school received a threat of violence and contacted the Pueblo Police Department. "The threat was serious enough the police department said to heighten security,... more »

• Parents say Pueblo charter school on lockdown mode

  February 25, 2010 12:01 PM

  News First 5 has received information from several sources that Cesar Chavez Academy in Pueblo is on some type of lock down mode. School officials have not returned our phone calls. On Wednesday one parent received a phone message informing her the school was on code 98. She tells News... more »

• Christmas tree permits now available

  November 27, 2009 12:47 PM

  Some people are beginning to head to the mountains to cut down their own Christmas tree. Permits are now available for $10, limit two trees per household. If you plan to cut down your own tree the U.S. Forest service reminds you to be prepared for winter conditions. Take warm... more »

• Americans may be settling into spending less

  November 12, 2009 8:52 AM

  Americans may be settling into low-spending habits. They spent about the same amount in October as they did in August and September. That's according to SpendingPulse, a service of MasterCard Advisors. U.S. retail sales rose 1.5 percent in October compared to a year earlier. The sales include everything from toys... more »

• Foreclosures dip 3% in October from September

  November 12, 2009 8:48 AM

  A new report shows the number of homeowners on the brink of losing their homes fell last month. The RealtyTrac numbers show the third straight monthly decline. The drop comes as foreclosure prevention programs have been coming to the rescue of more borrowers. Even so, foreclosure filings are up 19... more »

• b-i-n-GO! Old building torn down in Pueblo

  October 12, 2009 5:11 PM

  An old bingo building in Pueblo will be completely destroyed this week. The former tenant says the building is more than 50 years old. On Monday, T & S Excavating and Demolition began to tear down the old Bingo Palace on W. 4th St. The building is being demolished to... more »

• Stocks fade as traders worry about unemployment

  September 2, 2009 5:04 PM

  Stocks have extended a slide as investors worry that a weak job market will trip up a recovery in the economy. Stocks have ended moderately lower Wednesday as a private sector report on unemployment fans worries about what is widely seen as the biggest problem facing the economy. The ADP... more »