Jeff Maher, a spokesperson for the Elizabeth School District, said the district was renewing its emergency motion to put the order on hold pending an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal…

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Douglas County officials have proposed moving the Small Business Administration’s Colorado District Office from Denver to Douglas County, citing alignment with President D...

State laws aimed at making life more secure for undocumented residents face new scrutiny under the Trump administration.

The Douglas County commissioners altered a longtime appointment process for the Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees when they hand-picked new members of the board, including a Castle Rock resid...

The Douglas County School Board unanimously approved a policy to help guide school closures, including the planned closures of three elementary schools in Highlands Ranch in 2026.  No schools in Highl...

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None of the 49 people detained in a raid on a makeshift nightclub in Adams County are facing criminal charges, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Division.

Castle Rock is planning to rezone the former Acme Brick facility into a mixed-use space to include more than 580 housing units, 92,000 square-feet of commercial space, a hotel and conference center and a sports facility through a partnership with Confluence Companies. At a Feb. 4 meeting, the Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved the first reading of a development agreement and zoning plan for the future Brickyard development at 401 Prairie Hawk Drive, which is east of Interstate 25 and south of Wolfensberger Road.

Insights from Commissioner of Education Susanna Córdova.

Colorado’s flourishing romance community of authors, readers and entrepreneurs is making public the once-private hobby of giggling and blushing over fictional people’s love stories.

Another Douglas County family has come forward with claims of racism in the Douglas County School District.

As blue rally towels swung back and forth in the air, a crowd of hundreds of students erupted with cheers when 13-year-old Pochie ran out into the middle of Legend High School's gymnasium, marking the end of the school’s 15th Wish Week. “It was really cool,” Pochie said. Pochie was joined by his parents and older brother, who is a freshman at the school.

As federal immigration policies evolve and schools are no longer off limits for immigration enforcement operations, districts across the Denver metro area are facing difficult questions about how to respond if Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrive on campus. As a result, Colorado Community Media reporters reached out to the school districts in our coverage area to ask how they’re addressing these concerns with their staff and the communities they serve.

After union members approved a strike, UFCW Local 7 said a two-week walkout will “allow everyone to understand our concerns.”

With public attention focused on President Donald Trump’s anticipated push to deport immigrants, politicians are fielding questions about immigration enforcement, including in Douglas County. At an event in front of news media, Sheriff Darren Weekly spoke about communicating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His comments touched on what are called “immigration detainers.” A detainer is, in part, a request from ICE that asks a law enforcement agency to communicate before releasing someone whom federal officials may want to deport, according to…

A bill introduced in the state legislature last week would name Colorado’s first official state mushroom.

Former Elizabeth Middle School Dean of Students LeEllen Condry has filed a civil rights complaint accusing the Elizabeth School District of discrimination. Condy, a Haitian American, claimed in the Jan. 29 filing that she had been discriminated against based on her race and gender and had been retaliated against for speaking out against the district’s Library Sensitive Topic Protocol and Book Lists…

The Colorado State Patrol has, once again, pinpointed the state’s five counties that attracted the most speeding citations in 2024 and two are right here in the Denver-metro area. Troopers say drivers in El Paso County got the most speeding tickers last year with 2,161. Douglas and Jefferson counties are ranked number two and three respectively, with Douglas collecting 862 citations followed by Jefferson with 831.  

A sudden freeze on federal spending by the Trump administration — set to take effect Tuesday — sent Colorado officials scrambling as they tried to figure out the extent and impact of the decision.…

Officials with the U.S. Northern Command said that they started work Monday to prepare Buckley for use by Homeland Security as a temporary detention center.