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Fort Lupton’s Scotty Sanders can talk about baseball with just about anyone. He can play it, too, from club ball in the summer to high-school ball in the spring. But what may not be visible …
The road to the 116-pound title at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships may not have been what former Skyview wrestler and Brighton High School student Jaslynn Gallegos …
Riverdale Ridge opened the girls soccer season with a 3-0, home-pitch win against Holy Family March 9. Ella Cornelius scored twice for the Ravens. Payton Meineke scored the game's first goal in …
Arvada West and Brighton high schools opened the girls soccer season March 9 in Brighton, and the Wildcats came out on top by a score of 8-0. No stats were available for either team. BHS hosts …
Beer and pizza are the perfect mix, so it makes sense that local pizza makers Simply Pizza found a way to make a brewery their home. Simply Pizza and Something Brewery celebrating their …
With auto thefts rising across the Front Range, Brighton police want to help their residents protect themselves. The Brighton Police Department is hosting an Auto Theft Prevention Drive-Thru event …
The newly renovated Brighton Seventh-Day Adventist Church is offering a lifestyle medicine and community wellness center when it reopens. "Our mission is to be a center of influence—a place …
After more than 20 years of collecting pinball machines, Dan Nikolich’s basement had run out of space to store them all. So Nikolich opened the Colorado Pinball Pub in Littleton to share his collection.
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Westminster to vote on short term rentals regulations

Westminster city council could regulate allowing residents to rent out their homes on short-term rental services like Airbnb and VRBO, councilors agreed during their March 6 study …

It’s official. Pierce named new 27J superintendent

The present deputy superintendent of 27J Schools will become the superintendent of 27J Schools next year. The 27J board of education chose Will Pierce to take over the job in July 2024, once …

Boys basketball: Too much defense, too many turnovers end Warriors’ season

DENVER – Eagle Ridge Academy’s boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw in the semifinals of the state 4A boys basketball tournament March 9. Holy Family used pressure defense, which …

State 4A boys basketball: Holy Family powers past Eagle Ridge

DENVER -- Holy Family High School beat Eagle Ridge Academy 65-41 at the Denver Coliseum March 9 in the semifinals of the state 4A boys basketball tournament. The win sends the Tigers into …

A Fort Lupton man's truck, horse trailer stolen

Brit Ellerman stopped in Fort Lupton's First Street Safeway with his girlfriend March 5 just to grab some things for lunch. They were in the store for about eight minutes, he said. "When we walked …

DA: No charges for AdCo deputy in May shooting incident

BRIGHTON – Brian Mason, the district attorney for the 17th Judicial District, won’t file charges against an Adams County sheriff’s deputy in connection with a May shooting. In a …

Adams County American Rescue Plan Act announces funding plans

In a second round of American Rescue Plan Act funding, Adams County will distribute $48.5 million to address housing and homelessness prevention, mental health, domestic violence and public health …

Brighton developing transportation master plan

Brighton is beginning development of a citywide Bicycle, Pedestrian and Multimodal Transportation Master Plan, starting with public comments. The city is gathering public comments online through …

Brighton gets their goats for good

Worries about noise, smells and overall nuisances that Brighton officials had concerning backyard goats two years ago didn't come to pass, councilors agreed at their March 7 meeting. Councilors …
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As the population of unhoused people continues to grow across the country and Colorado, thousands of people die every year, often while living in the streets, in cars or tents. Despite this, there …
There’s a new strategy in Colorado’s fight against dangerous ozone air pollution: Blame Utah. Coal-fired power plants and oil and gas drilling in northeastern Utah are responsible for ozone …
How easy is it to find illegal drugs on social media apps? Nearly as convenient as calling an Uber or ordering a pizza, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office said in a report released March 8. …
As Colorado students’ math scores have continued to plummet during the pandemic, Gov. Jared Polis and a bipartisan group of state lawmakers are intervening with legislation that aims to expand both …
Jeannie Ritter jokes that she could have chosen bicycle helmets as her “first lady cause” while her husband, Bill, was Colorado governor. At least she could have counted the number of children …
Sports

State 4A girls basketball: D'Evelyn outlasts Riverdale Ridge in elite 8

DENVER – Riverdale Ridge’s girls basketball team would love to have a do-over of a three-minute stretch of the fourth quarter against D’Evelyn Junior-Senior High School. The …

Slight detour for Brighton’s Muniz on way to pro MMA stop

Brighton’s Danthony Muniz still wants to be a professional mixed-martial arts fighter. But until that comes to pass, he’s going to try something new. Submission grappling. His …

Culture Stories

Bringing Music to Life returns for 13th year

Anyone who has seen a child fall in love with music knows the lasting impact the art can have on a life. But if children never have access to those instruments, all the love of music in the world …

Make-A-Wish Colorado alumni, volunteers celebrate its 40th anniversary

Make-A-Wish Colorado celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and is hosting an anniversary celebration and fundraiser in April in Denver. Since it started, the organization has granted more than 6,000 wishes for children with critical illnesses as a way of giving them hope and something to look forward to during their treatment.

Stewards of improving aquatic life

When walking the path next to the South Platte River, you don't think about how the environment impacts the microspecies and fish in the water. Metro Water Recovery scientists, through testing, …

Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival celebrates AAPI stories

Proving the power of storytelling has been part of the Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival since its inception and this year it is taking the time to celebrate all the voices that share their stories.
Lifestyle and Entertainment
Lifestyle

In Sierra Leone, local journalism is a lifeboat for women in rural communities

In the rural communities of Sierra Leone, women who are experiencing sexual abuse, gender-based violence and restricted bodily autonomy often have just one hope when seeking justice; the intrepid journalists at Media Matters for Women Sierra Leone.

A whole new immersive Disney world

Anyone who has fallen in love with a Disney animated film knows one of the great joys of the studio’s work is getting lost in the astounding worlds that have been created.

2023 Denver metro summer camp guide

County and community programs Arapahoe County Libraries Locations: Multiple locations in Centennial, Englewood, Aurora and Littleton Website: arapahoelibraries.org Details: Each year, …

Explore your blind spot in Thornton

There are any number of ways to move through the world. Every day, artist and historian Chloé Duplessis makes the conscious decision to move in love. As a woman of color and person navigating life …

A story ‘Hotter Than Egypt’ at the DCPA

No matter where people find themselves, marriage is a complicated bond. There are always going to be challenges — nobody is immune. The all-important marriage vows are put to the test in “Hotter …
Arts, Culture, Music

Northglenn celebrates Betty grace Gibson

For the late Betty grace Gibson, being a self-taught artist didn’t mean never taking an art class or workshop. As her daughter, Linda Drumm, recalls, being self-taught meant was taking things she …

A musical reflection of 2022

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m extremely glad this year is over. 2022 may well go down as the most challenging of my life, and since we’re still living through the aftershocks of a global …

Brighton Dia de los Muertos

The Grupo Azteca Huitzilopochtli from Mexico opened Brighton's Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration with a stunning performance wearing feather headdresses and colorful costumes …

Denver doughs: 2 young pastry chefs create out-of-this-world culinary experience

Space dinosaurs. Project 626. Murder by the Campfire.   This is not a list of the internet’s latest conspiracy theories, but rather the creations of Black Box Bakery, a space-themed …
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Columnists
Column: Know before saying ‘no’
There is an old saying, “If you don’t ask, you don’t get” or, “If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.” Many times these are associated with salespeople who stopped short of …
Column: We cannot manage what we do not know
As a partner and potential sales channel to the enterprise selling team, they were faced with a decision to make about an interaction they had with a new account executive they had just started …
Finance Column: An economy in flux
We survived 2022, but will 2023 be better? One could hope but some of the same economic issues still haunt us. Therefore, volatile financial markets may continue for a bit. Many investors may recall …
Peak winter brings top entertainment
Once every couple months, I get completely bowled over by how much there is to do in the metro area and have to dedicate a column to celebrating the wonderful variety we all have in our backyards. …
Y/OUR Denver Photography highlights city in flux
Even though many of us see the Denver skyline daily, there are all kinds of new perspectives and little touches that we may never notice. But the Y/OUR Denver 2022 photography exhibit, the fifth …
Take a visit to ‘The Great American Trailer Park’
Musicals have taken place in all kinds of magical and far-flung locations and still managed to capture elemental human truths. But as “The Great American Trailer Park Musical,” Miners Alley Playhouse’s latest production, hilariously demonstrates, you can access those same truths in places a little closer to home.
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