Since the termination of the Parker water inclusion in February, the path towards dissolution of the Castle Pines North Metro District has been unclear. But in a unanimous decision on June 20, the CPNMD approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to transfer its stormwater system and necessary property rights to the city of Castle Pines – handing over one of its main responsibilities and bringing the body a step closer to dissolution.

Douglas County school board members indicated they will direct Superintendent Erin Kane to create an implementation plan and monitoring report for the district’s equity policy this …

A controversial plan to pipe water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County may be seeing new life after the county commissioners recently met behind closed doors to discuss it again.  Four …

The Douglas County Health Department will soon weigh whether it’s time to end a pandemic-related local public health order that restricted county entities from requiring masks. “I …

In many communities across the U.S., ZIP codes are a mark of identity. But in others, they are a source of confusion and consternation.

A conservative educational nonprofit and Republican officials are calling on the Douglas County School District to include two non-district charters in funding allocations should the district’s …

In a split vote, the Douglas County Board of Education directed the superintendent to compile recommendations to change the equity policy and present them in March. During the Sept. 27 meeting, …

A proposal to require a supermajority of Douglas County school board members to approve or amend district policies failed to gain board approval.

Jeff Toborg, the mayor of Parker, announced Thursday that he’s recovering from a heart attack. 

A Highlands Ranch man is under investigation for allegations of child assault in Douglas County, Denver and Aurora. Joseph Spector, 44, is facing multiple charges of child sexual assault for …

Dustin Smith and his wife grew up spending time at their grandparents’ farms, but many years later, Smith’s kids weren’t getting that same experience. So the Smiths opened The Patch, a farm in Elbert County that puts on fall festivities.

Amid a sharp nationwide rise in the number of books facing library or school bans, Douglas County Libraries is spotlighting challenged media for National Banned Books Week. 

For many of us, we don’t exactly know what makes a piece of architecture or interior design appealing. There’s just something about it we respond to. Fortunately, there are organizations like the …

The Colorado High School Activities Association released the pairings for this year's state golf tournaments. Each is a two-day tourney, and they begin Monday, Oct. 3. The class 3A tournament is …

The Colorado High School Activities Association released the brackets for its first state team tennis tournament. The state team tennis tournament finals are Tuesday, Oct. 18, at City Park in …

Cherry Creek wrapped up its non-conference schedule on Sept. 22 and now faces another challenge against Centennial League teams. The three-time defending state champion Bruins, the top-ranked team in …

I am often fascinated at things people worldwide will do based on something they saw online. The latest attention to the problem was an FDA warning that NyQuil chicken is not something people should …

Whenever he finished an amazing run, resulting in a touchdown, and having weaved his way through the defense and even running over a defender or slipping past another with some lightning-quick …

The world is aging, and our economy is shrinking. This is not a good combination. Let’s start with demographics. The five largest economies, U.S., China, Japan, Germany, and the U.K., have an …