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Lora Thomas says findings exonerate her, but her fellow board members say results confirm their belief she should not serve as the board’s chair

Commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal sought the report that cost $17,000 to investigate Lora Thomas over San Luis water proposal

Parker Water has proposed to pipe 20,000 acre-feet in excess river water from northeastern Colorado to serve more than 300,000 people in the south metro suburbs

Commissioner Abe Laydon, the decisive vote on the issue, announced his position during a work session on Tuesday

Two months after Russia's invasion, the Sheveria family has traveled thousands of miles, marveled at the generosity of others and found themselves in a 200-person town in southern Douglas County

 Sydney Kennett is just 15 years old but already she's appeared at a world competition

Thousands of homes rely on a limited supply of underground aquifers. Water providers are working to shift to more sustainable sources before they run dry.

The school board's majority has adamantly maintained that they did not violate any open meeting laws

Douglas County commissioners began recording work sessions, and the City of Lone Tree now records its regular meetings

Douglas County Clerk Merlin Klotz said the situation stems from an email he sent to a vote in which he used inaccurate terminology

Sheriff Tony Spurlock and former Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth’s feud involves a mishmash of investigations and accusations, including allegations of political scheming, domestic violence and deletion of personnel files. 

The county may continue to receive services from the agency

This is in a county with the highest median household income in metro Denver and the lowest percentage of people in poverty. It's also a county where housing costs are rising sharply.

Hospital beds in the county are filling up

State agency to take over pandemic duties in breakaway county

U.S. District Judge John Kane ordered the newly-formed Douglas County Health Department not to enforce the public health order for at least 14 days

The county will still have its own board of health in charge of things like local public health orders, but the residents will receive services “as though the county were still a member of TCHD"

Devon Erickson, 20, was convicted of first-degree murder earlier this summer for his role in the May 7, 2019, shooting

Colorado statute lays out clear requirements for the role, including past experience in public health

Tuesday's move is the latest chapter in a rift between the county and the Tri-County Health Department that has grown steadily wider since the pandemic