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Cherry Creek's nightmare year worsens

The federal investigation is the district's latest challenge.

Education

It&#x27;s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year so far for one of Colorado&#x27;s most prestigious school districts.The big picture: The hits just keep on coming.

Fiddler's Green bass vibrations face scrutiny

Greenwood Village isn't about all that bass.

Culture

The low rumble of tasty bass isn&#x27;t so appetizing for some Greenwood Village residents.The big picture: Electronic dance music at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fiddler&#x27;s Green Amphitheatre" data-vars-click-url="https://www.fiddlersgreenamp.com/" data-vars-content-id="3aeaab99-2175-4bf9-9b69-7da0b47cab35" data-vars-headline="Fiddler&#x27;s Green bass vibrations face scrutiny" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.fiddlersgreenamp.com/" target="_blank">Fiddler&#x27;s Green Amphitheatre</a> is the likely culprit.

"Raw" emotions as Aurora revisits McClain accountability

Officials and residents said the court decision reignited long-running concerns.

Politics

Aurora City Council this week addressed a court order granting new trials for two paramedics convicted in Elijah McClain&#x27;s 2019 death.The big picture: Monday&#x27;s council meeting marked the first chance for Aurora&#x27;s elected leaders to respond collectively after a Colorado appeals court <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ordered new trials" data-vars-click-url="https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/colorado-appeal-court-reverses-convictions-aurora-paramedics-elijah-mcclain/" data-vars-content-id="3442c043-88de-472e-8fd2-1dd2b48e1fdc" data-vars-headline="&quot;Raw&quot; emotions as Aurora revisits McClain accountability" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/colorado-appeal-court-reverses-convictions-aurora-paramedics-elijah-mcclain/" target="_blank">ordered new trials</a> for Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec.

The local's guide to 250/150

Festivals, fireworks and drone show are popping up this summer.

America 250

Colorado&#x27;s biggie birthday is also America&#x27;s star-spangled blowout. Can you say &quot;two-fer&quot;?Great news: No need to hit up Denver for party time — or go to Wyoming for … <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="well …. you know" data-vars-click-url="https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdWt4ZHQ1aDE0azRidjdraDlxYmtoZjZ2eTg4a2dkMnMzbDVoYXV5bSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/hqIaXesRGpP44/giphy.gif" data-vars-content-id="a7715cc7-9b97-43be-807d-bfb7f920a645" data-vars-headline="The local&#x27;s guide to 250/150" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExdWt4ZHQ1aDE0azRidjdraDlxYmtoZjZ2eTg4a2dkMnMzbDVoYXV5bSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/hqIaXesRGpP44/giphy.gif" target="_blank">well …. you know</a>.

Aurora neighborhood awaits Stanley's future

Neighbors worry about Stanley Marketplace's next chapter

Business

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Stanley Marketplace sale" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/arapahoe/2026/05/26/stanley-marketplace-redevelopment-plans-aurora" data-vars-content-id="a5347ca1-4d37-462c-9b41-5f84276d21b2" data-vars-headline="Aurora neighborhood awaits Stanley&#x27;s future" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/arapahoe/2026/05/26/stanley-marketplace-redevelopment-plans-aurora" target="_self">Stanley Marketplace sale</a> could reshape one of Aurora&#x27;s beloved community hubs.Why it matters: That has lots of neighbors and business owners wondering — and worrying — what comes next.

SCOOP: Stanley's next act could reshape Aurora

Prospective owner envisions housing, hotel and more around Stanley.

Denver-based Magnetic Capital is expected to pay roughly $41 million for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Aurora&#x27;s Stanley Marketplace" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/arapahoe/2026/05/19/stanley-marketplace-tenants-sale-aurora" data-vars-content-id="0831ec17-e78f-4c52-b731-0ff9a9754d41" data-vars-headline="SCOOP: Stanley&#x27;s next act could reshape Aurora" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/arapahoe/2026/05/19/stanley-marketplace-tenants-sale-aurora" target="_self">Aurora&#x27;s Stanley Marketplace</a>, according to a financing memorandum obtained by Axios outlining a sweeping redevelopment vision.Why it matters: The 60-page memo sketches out a splashier second chapter for the Stanley, with ambitions of a broader mixed-use district centered on housing, hospitality and entertainment.

Stanley tenants brace for change

Some businesses say they learned about the sale Tuesday morning.

News

Aurora&#x27;s Stanley Marketplace is under contract to be sold, setting off uneasiness among some of the small businesses that helped define it.Why it matters: Stanley is approaching its 10-year anniversary as one of metro Denver&#x27;s defining neighborhood destinations. Now, tenants are wondering what comes next.

The sewer sage's final flush

After 48 years in Littleton's sewer system, Art Duran is retiring Tuesday.

Art Duran&#x27;s been through a lot of crap.🪠 Catch up quick: For 48 years, Littleton&#x27;s utilities operations supervisor kept the city&#x27;s pipes flowing while helping modernize its sewer maintenance program.

Struggling East Colfax shops say help is urgently needed

Business owners say safety concerns are driving customers away and threatening their survival.

Aurora is setting up a new development authority to tackle safety and disinvestment concerns along East Colfax, and immigrant shop owners say help can&#x27;t come soon enough.Why it matters: East Colfax Avenue has long offered an affordable foothold for small businesses. But crime is eroding that access — and empty storefronts show the costs.

Bait-riarch: The woman who hooked Aurora

A longtime small business owner reflects on history as the shop's future nears a decision.

Louise Maddox runs a bait shop near Cherry Creek State Park that her mother, Virginia Elliot, opened nearly 70 years ago.Catch up quick: Maddox, 76, took over Valley Country Tackle and Live Bait on South Parker Road in the 1980s and keeps it stocked with rods, reels, flies and bait.

Neighbors react to nuclear plan at Buckley Space Force base

Some neighbors support a proposed microreactor, but concerns remain.

Aerospace

Aurora residents soon could be living near a nuclear microreactor.The big picture: Neighbors in the shadows of Buckley Space Force Base say the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="April announcement" data-vars-click-url="https://www.ans.org/news/article-7930/colorado-montana-bases-selected-for-dod-microreactor-program/" data-vars-content-id="cfc0df60-54ec-420a-bf05-da85d52f72f2" data-vars-headline="Neighbors react to nuclear plan at Buckley Space Force base" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.ans.org/news/article-7930/colorado-montana-bases-selected-for-dod-microreactor-program/" target="_blank">April announcement</a> naming the base a preferred site for a nuclear project came without warning.

South metro grads face tough job market

Job market uncertainty has crept into everyday life for most Americans.

Job market uncertainty has crept into everyday life for most Americans, and the youngest students among us feel like they&#x27;re <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="shouldering much of that burden" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/jobs-labor-college-gallup" data-vars-content-id="1dadcfd9-3658-427f-a15a-304cc8f695c1" data-vars-headline="South metro grads face tough job market" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/jobs-labor-college-gallup" target="_self">shouldering much of that burden</a>.Why it matters: Twenty-three-year-old Lily Mazzoline, and millions of future grads like her, need jobs — but they&#x27;re stressed, disappointed and a little ticked off.

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How an AI-powered robot helps recycle your waste

Utah billionaire Matthew Prince keeps trying to buy Park City Mountain Resort

Aurora neighborhood awaits Stanley's future

SCOOP: Stanley's next act could reshape Aurora

Stanley tenants brace for change