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Former Clear Creek deputy found guilty of reckless endangerment in Christian Glass case
After eight days of testimony and two-and-a-half days of deliberation, a Clear Creek County jury found former sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen guilty of reckless endangerment in the fatal shooting of…
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Webb: Parting words
If you are old enough you grow to realize that most everything in life ebbs and flows. Markets of all sorts rise and fall. Teams that were winners one season can be losers the next. It is the same in politics. Back in 1937 after Roosevelt’s reelection landslide, there were 105 Republicans in total in…
CHSAA adopts high school shot clock for varsity teams
After several months of debate, the Colorado High School Activities Association formally adopted the use of a 35-second shot clock in prep basketball. The decision came during the association’s legislative council meeting on April 23. The change takes effect in the 2026-2027 school year for varsity boys and girls teams. The association’s legislative council approved…
Girls flag football sanctioned by CHSAA
A Tuesday vote by the Colorado High School Activities Association sanctioned girls flag football as an official sport. Passing by a vote of 57-9 with five abstentions, there will be two classifications this fall for girls flag football. It is CHSAA’s 27th sanctioned sport. After a highly successful pilot program in the past two years,…
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PRESS RELEASE: Yoli Casas & Marielena Suarez Named 2024 Recipients of Sheila Bugdanowitz Leadership Development Award
Rose Community Foundation announced ViVe Wellness Founder and Executive Director Yoli Casas and Organización Papagayo CEO Marielena Suarez as the 2024 co-recipients of the Sheila Bugdanowitz Leadership Development Award. The award is named in memory…
Sports
Historic night of boys lacrosse at Lakewood Memorial Field
For the first time in nearly a decade, boys lacrosse returned to Lakewood Memorial Field on Wednesday night. Lakewood Memorial Field will host more than 60 varsity girls soccer games this spring season. For the first time since March 2016 at the historic field at 10th and Wadsworth, it was all about boys lacrosse with…
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Coming Attractions: Painting the Town Hall Arts Center ‘Red’
Most theaters take a similar approach to their seasons – it’s a blend of musicals and stage plays that usually run for about a month each. But at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center, they wanted to try something different. Matthew Kepler, programming director, thought a wider audience could be reached by removing one of the…
Arvada Center unveils Summer Concert Series lineup featuring Melissa Ethridge, Corrine Bailey Rae
Big things are coming to Arvada this summer — including Billboard chart-toppers, acclaimed classical acts and homegrown Colorado talent — for the Arvada Center’s 2024 Summer Concert Series. This year’s slate of shows is set to kick off in June and run through September. Included in the lineup are Melissa Ethridge, Corrine Bailey Rae and…
Coming Attractions: A full range of storytelling at Women+Film Festival
Every year, Denver Film hosts the Women+Film Festival, a particularly special event that shines a much-deserved spotlight on stories told by and about women. This year’s event features 13 full-length films and a shorts program. It opens on Wednesday, April 10, and runs through Sunday, April 14, at the Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave. We connected with…
Coming Attractions: Spring arrives with fun for all interests
Spring is an interesting season here in Colorado — you’re never entirely sure what you’re going to get. It could be the biggest blizzard of the year, days and days of rain, or nothing but blue skies smiling at me, as the song goes. With that in mind, my recommendations for welcoming spring tend to…
Columns & Opinion
Duncan: What is hospice?
Having a spouse who was in hospice care at the time of his death does not make me an expert…
Coming Attractions: Miners Alley takes audiences to a modern Algonquin
If you set a play in a senior facility, most people probably would expect something either really sad or overly…
Ruszczyk: Coloradans for Metro District Reform
A legislative task force began studying homeowner’s rights in metro districts on Dec. 5, 2023. The task force will issue…
Coming Attractions: A New Year’s Eve for every kind of reveler
It’s time to say bon voyage (or good riddance, depending on your year) to 2023 and welcome in 2024, and…
Letters
Letter: Transit-oriented communities
I’m writing to raise awareness and urge Colorado legislators to support the Transit Oriented Communities bill (TOC) (HB24-1313), which offers…
Letter: Community Table
On Jan. 30, the City of Arvada purchased the building at 4600 West 60th Avenue for $3,050,000 as a new…
Letter: Greedflation driving consumer prices?
Does this kind of article really belong in the Arvada Press? It is a politically motivated article with accusations that…
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Review: Flamenco dance elevates the COVID experience into modern folklore in ‘Fronteras’ show at Lakewood Cultural Center
Dance company Flamenco Vivo performed “Fronteras” for a packed opening matinee on April 17 at the Lakewood Cultural Center. The show’s theme was boundaries, but the illusions to the COVID-19 pandemic experience were undeniable. According to the Flamenco Vivo company’s founder Carlota Santana, the connections to the pandemic are not a coincidence. “The choreographers started…
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