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Mexican restaurants a cornerstone of Denver metro area’s late-night food scene

Arvada Center takes audiences back to ‘Our Town’

Where to find food assistance in metro Denver counties after SNAP benefits dropped

Centennial law enforcement, emergency services updates

Mountain Vista loses to Denver East

Nonprofit hosts community discussion on Denver's refugee crisis

A "thank you" from the heart

Chatfield Senior High School features local Make-A-Wish kid

Students to take computer-based SAT next year

Colorado high school students will continue to take the SAT and PSAT as the state’s way of measuring school and district academic performance, but they’ll switch to the computerized version in …

Communities try design to improve public safety

Mike Burns bought a home right on the river near Delta, Colorado, with plans to spend the summers fishing outdoors with his grandkids. But those kinds of excursions haven’t always felt safe, since …

Colorado lawmakers want to offer scholarships to help fill workforce gaps

As Colorado hurts for more early childhood educators, nurses, firefighters and workers across other industries, state legislators are attempting to fill critical workforce gaps with a pair of bills …

Some Coloradans could save big on electric vehicles

State officials are putting finishing touches on an electric vehicle rebate for income-qualified buyers willing to trade in an older gas-fueled vehicle, adding up to $6,000 in price cuts on a new …

Hopes for designation for colleges serving first-gen students ends

On the surface, the bill had a simple premise — to recognize Colorado universities and colleges that enroll a high number of students who are the first in their family to go to college and …

Xcel Energy will cut Colorado bills again in April

Xcel Energy is again cutting natural gas costs passed through to consumers starting with April bills, the third price decrease announced in two months, even as a special legislative committee pursues …

Two Democrats, two views on rent control

As a bill moves through the Colorado Legislature that would allow local governments to implement rent control, two representatives from North Metro Denver don’t see eye to eye. According to …

More news

Colorado Community Media selects winter sports outstanding players

3 days ago

Cherry Creek and Valor Christian won state championships for south metro teams during winter sports season and Ponderosa once again was a runner-up. The Bruins girls swimming team won its third …

From shoulder surgery to the baseball diamond

Thursday, March 16

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 …

Lutheran comes up short in Final Four

Friday, March 10

With the final seconds dripping away in the Lutheran boys basketball team’s Final Four game March 9, the Lions found themselves in a very familiar spot. Six days prior, in their Elite 8 game …

Arapahoe Warriors player, Lisunov, earns 109 points in season

Wednesday, March 8

There is a new hat-trick king in town and it’s not any players from the Colorado Avalanche. Instead, it’s Dennis Lisunov from the Arapahoe Warriors 10-and-under hockey program.

Warriors defeat Arvada for Colorado Cup title in 10U division

Wednesday, March 8

The Colorado Hockey Association held multiple tournaments over the weekend as the youth hockey season winded down. Playing in the Colorado Cup competition included the Arapahoe Warriors Yellow in the 10-and-under division.

Culture Stories

Metro-area arcade bars build local gaming communities

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.

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, …

THINGS TO SEE AND DO

Life

Native American Short Play Festival coming

After a three-year postponement, the Encore Players at Littleton United Methodist Church will sponsor a Native American Short Play Festival, produced by a new organization, Celebration of Native Arts …

‘Great Outdoors’ runs through April

Great Outdoors” is the title for the new exhibit at the Depot Art Center, 2069 W. Powers Ave., downtown Littleton, lasting until April 30. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Free …

Story collection provides material for show

Denver Noir,” a collection of crime stories by 14 local writers, edited by Cynthia Swanson, provides material for actors Betty Hart, Rodney Lizcano and Anne Penner to read from in the “Stories on …

Artists interpreted the American West

“Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism” is open in the Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum through May 29 and is filled with stories, color and historic …

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.

Music is all around in local venues

A beautiful concert, “Shakespeare in Love,” conducted by Rene Knetsch, presented by the Parker Symphony Orchestra at the PACE Center on Feb. 24, led me to thinking about how rich we are with …

‘In the Trenches’ looks at parenting

Kristina and Graham Fuller first presented their new musical, “In the Trenches: A Parenting Musical” as part of the fall JAAMM Festival at the Mizel Arts and Cultural Center in Denver — …

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 …

‘Entanglements’ with nature

Metropolitan State University’s Center for Visual Arts starts off a new year with “Entanglements,” a new lens-based exhibit of works by 11 national and international artists, which will run …

Native artist and author shares her work, journey at Koelbel Library

Whether it be painting captivating murals on a high school’s cafeteria wall or decorating the decks of skateboards, the versatile artwork Danielle SeeWalker creates is representative of what …

OBITUARIES

SPORTS

Sports

Shongolo, former ACHS athlete, giving back to area

Former Adams City High School athlete Liban Shongolo had a pretty good prep career. In 2017, he played quarterback for the Eagles, threw for more than 1,500 yards and 12 touchdowns. In 2018, Shongolo …

Ranch girls’ season ends in Great 8

When the Highlands Ranch and Grandview girls basketball teams got together for a nonleague game back in early January, Sienna Betts could only watch from the sideline in a walking boot as Ranch …

Valor girls, RC boys stall short of Final Four

Being one of the top seeds in the Great 8 doesn’t necessarily assure a passage into the Final Four. Take the Valor Christian girls team and the boys squad from Rock Canyon for example. Arapahoe, …

Lutheran wins in OT to advance to Final Four

With time running out on the Lutheran boys basketball team’s season, Kade Speckman corralled the ball, spun and banked it home — twice — to keep the Lions’ year and state-championship hopes …

Arapahoe girls outlast ThunderRidge

It was a game of scoring droughts but ThunderRidge’s was really costly. The Arapahoe girls notched a 38-29 victory over the Grizzlies in a Sweet 16 playoff game on Feb. 24. ThunderRidge went close …

6A boys hoops playoffs underway

It seems like the seedings for the Class 6A boys state basketball playoffs have been right so far. Top-seeded Mountain Vista and No. 2 Rock Canyon won Sweet 16 games on Feb. 25 to advance into the …

Vista win over rival is instant classic

The Mountain Vista and ThunderRidge boys basketball teams have authored plenty of great moments together throughout their decades-old rivalry. But the Golden Eagles and Grizzlies’ latest …

VOICES

Column: Presentation to spotlight ageism

Ageism is all around us: in the workplace, in commercials, movies and TV shows we watch, in the cards we buy, the products marketed to us and yes, even in the language we speak. Has anyone ever said …

Letter - Attainable housing in Englewood

Attainable housing in Englewood We bought our first house right behind the Duffeyroll at the south end of town in 2008 for less than $200k. It was a classic starter home with two bedrooms, one bath, …

Column: Vulnerable and transparent, and the courage to be both

The team building event was held at Top Golf. The vice president of sales was reluctant to have the meeting there as he had never played golf and didn’t want to embarrass himself. His team …

From the Editor: Support for SROs

Over the last few years, the idea of defunding the police was tied to the idea that we would have better outcomes with depleted law enforcement resources. While I am continually in support of more …

From the Editor: Small gestures are big

I recently took my children to an event created by a mom and employee of a local school district. I only found out about the monthly gathering hosted in my community by chance at a birthday party. …

Columnists

Column: Mindset is crucial when planning

Investors have been on the stock market and interest rate roller coaster so long they may feel as though they have gone mad. Planning around continued volatility is a challenge unless you are …

Column: Courage, discretion and making a choice

Discretion is the better part of valor,” “Caution is preferrable to rash bravery,” and “The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.” - All …

Column: Success is achievable …together

Last month we celebrated Black History Month and as the first African American commissioner in Arapahoe County, it is important to me to take stock of not only the achievements and progress we’ve …

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: The gift of island time and mountain time

The circular bar was busy but not too busy. There were two bartenders working the bar. Our view was of the beautiful snow-covered mountains as the restaurant was at the top of a ski resort. As the …

From the Editor: We are traumatized

On Feb. 22, as calls came into local police departments that our schools were under attack, one thing became apparent — We are very traumatized in society. Thankfully, the reports to 911 that …

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