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Always the ballerina, always the teacher

Always the ballerina, always the teacher

DENVER - Many young girls can relate to Lillian Covillo's story. She was about 10 years old when she fell in love with ballet. Thankfully, her teacher recognized her abilities and chose to develop her as a dancer.

Debate takes inner-city students to new levels

Debate takes inner-city students to new levels

DENVER - Far from the athletic fields of Manual High School, Kahdijah James is engaged in what she calls a sport of the mind. She practices, she trains, she competes in a movement sweeping city schools across the nation. [ more... ]

Small miracles: How life has changed for Dom and H

Small miracles: How life has changed for Dom and H

DENVER - What if? That's a question asked every day by people of all ages and all backgrounds. More than a year ago, two families from Denver decided to do something, to take a chance and find the answer to the big "What if" in their lives. [ more... ]

Holocaust survivor works to preserve history

Holocaust survivor works to preserve history

DENVER - Eighty-eight-year-old Fanny Starr has a story to tell. She wants people to know about her horrifying experiences at the Auschwitz concentration camp so something like that never happens again. [ more... ]

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The coach, the team and the heartache

The coach, the team and the heartache

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MERINO - John Barber could have said no. Maybe he should have said no. I mean, here I was, a stranger asking him to talk to us about the one of the most difficult few months of his life. [ more... ]

Unearthed headstone leads to forgotten soldier

Unearthed headstone leads to forgotten soldier

LONGMONT - Mark Kolby was digging a fence post hole when his shovel hit the roots of someone's family tree. [ more... ]

Winning the Wii bowling bragging rights

Winning the Wii bowling bragging rights

AURORA - Dale Sundeen measured the 7-10 split like he used to do when he was bowling two days a week with friends at the neighborhood alley. [ more... ]

Scotty's story: Born to be a Demon

Scotty's story: Born to be a Demon

GOLDEN - For six years, he has been as much a part of the game as the basketball, or for that matter as the players, coaches and scoreboard. Every basketball game played by the Golden High School Demons had a constant: Scotty Lubkeman was there. [ more... ]

Art from Ashes: giving youth on the streets a voice

Art from Ashes: giving youth on the streets a voice

DENVER - The words pour out of him straight from his gut. "People out there with their families shoppin', while I'm freezin' my a-- off light rail hoppin'." [ more... ]

The 3 that brought 2 sides onto 1 court

The 3 that brought 2 sides onto 1 court

FORT COLLINS - On Tuesday, Nuggets coach George Karl blended basketball and cancer. That same day, a Rocky Mountain High School senior did the same thing. [ more... ]

Brewer helps remember Colorado's first all-black settlement

Brewer helps remember Colorado's first all-black settlement

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GREELEY - It was an entire people's hopes and dreams wrapped up in 160 acres. [ more... ]

The wish of an Avs fan from the Windy City

The wish of an Avs fan from the Windy City

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DENVER - For practically his entire life, Jeremy Campus has been a loyal fan of the Colorado Avalanche. [ more... ]

Traveling a million miles to get $1 million for RMNP

Traveling a million miles to get $1 million for RMNP

ESTES PARK - Life is full of challenges. Some are easy, others are hard. At the Rocky Mountain National Park, the park's Nature Association is dealing with a rather expensive challenge. [ more... ]

Getting hip to bingo

Getting hip to bingo

DENVER - Brandi Shigley remembers the trips well. Her grandma was with her. The smoke was in the air. Everyone in the room was focused. [ more... ]

A journey to the top of the world (and down) on skis

A journey to the top of the world (and down) on skis

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ASPEN - Living in Colorado, you're probably familiar with the adrenaline pumping, jaw-dropping, epic ski movies that make you want to huck yourself off the first cliff you find. [ more... ]

Steampunk picks up steam in Colorado

Steampunk picks up steam in Colorado

GOLDEN - You may have seen them around town. You may have wondered if they are making a movie. There is a fashion movement where folks are portraying a reality that could have been. [ more... ]

Two generations of soldiers find surprising connection

Two generations of soldiers find surprising connection

AURORA - Soldier, photographer and author Ted Engelmann has seen the world. It is evident when you look at the photographs he has taken. [ more... ]

Family opens home and hearts to Haitian orphans

Family opens home and hearts to Haitian orphans

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HELPING HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS
KUSA - They are the smallest victims of the earthquake in Haiti: the children left without homes or families. But some are finding new families right here in Colorado. [ more... ]

95 years old and still skiing

95 years old and still skiing

SUMMIT COUNTY - Tom Sena has been skiing for a very long time. [ more... ]

A sound decision for seniors

A sound decision for seniors

AURORA - Hearing loss is something Dick Gray has dealt with for much of his life. [ more... ]

The Hilty Harness and hand-crafted happiness

The Hilty Harness and hand-crafted happiness

PLATTEVILLE - Watching draft horses is like watching any performance in that you direct your eyes to the show and not the glue that holds it all together. With draft horses, the glue is the leather. Gene Hilty has made that leather his livelihood. [ more... ]

A year later, 9 strangers remember life-saving ordeal

A year later, 9 strangers remember life-saving ordeal

DECKERS - One Web site calls it "one of the most pristine fisheries in the world." Cheesman Canyon is near Deckers, Colorado. The South Platte River travels through the canyon. The river is filled with enormous boulders and offers what some call an "unforgettable fly fishing experience." [ more... ]

82-year-old remembers working the land, building a life

82-year-old remembers working the land, building a life

AURORA - Fran Cirbo once heard the best gift a parent can give a child is a written account of their life. [ more... ]

Hockey night in Erie

Hockey night in Erie

ERIE - There's a reason Chuck Spicer looks forward to those cold snaps with consecutive days of freezing temperatures. [ more... ]

When a violin becomes a fiddle

When a violin becomes a fiddle

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DENVER - Sixty years ago, Larry Struble was handed a violin. In his hands, it became a fiddle. From the instrument come sounds of the West. Now at age 69, Struble brought that sound to the Colorado Fiddle Championships. [ more... ]

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