Jennifer Meckles

1 week ago | 9news.com | Jennifer Meckles

DENVER — Colorado’s Office of Suicide Prevention is beginning to see a promising trend: After years of increasing suicide rates in Colorado and across the country, the state says suicide rates are beginning to “stabilize." It’s not a dramatic decrease yet, but the office said it's a move in the right direction. “That slight decrease, that is not yet statistically significant.

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Jennifer Meckles

COLORADO, USA — As Memorial Day weekend begins, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is hoping for a better start to the summer water season. “We have over 800 acres of, of reservoir for people to recreate on,” said CPW Officer Lauren Shaw, referencing Cherry Creek Reservoir, where she works. “Making sure they're doing that safely is our most important job.” CPW recently added a new life jacket loaner station at Cherry Creek — something the agency is doing at various parks around the state.

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Jennifer Meckles

BOULDER, Colo. — Universities across the country are dealing with cuts to federally funded grants as the Trump administration looks to slash the size of the federal government. Here in Colorado, CU Boulder says cuts could cost the state’s economy billions in the long run. As of mid-May, CU Boulder reports 56 sources of federal funding have been affected by grant terminations or stop work orders.

3 weeks ago | 9news.com | Jennifer Meckles

DENVER — She has flown a plane , and jumped out of one. She has mountain biked, skied and swam in waters around the world. She’s done all of that, and more, in honor of her mother. This weekend, Elisa Sciorilli will keep her tradition going with another “new” and “scary” adventure as she steps up to the start line of the Colfax Marathon. “Sunday is my mom's death anniversary,” Sciorilli said.

1 month ago | 9news.com | Jennifer Meckles

DENVER — In less than two weeks, a major construction site in Denver will turn into a racecourse. The Colfax Marathon is scheduled for Sunday, May 18, weaving through parts of Denver and out to Lakewood and back, along the historic and iconic Colfax Avenue. Race organizers said the race route remains the same, even through a roughly two-mile stretch of the East Colfax Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Project, currently under construction. And some of the BRT project crew will join runners on race day.