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DougCo's choose-your-own-adventure commissioner fight

Voters face connected questions over how the DougCo's commission should work.

Election

Your ballot will ask whether Douglas County should go from three commissioners to five this November.Yes, but: That simple question won&#x27;t come close to capturing the messy fight that put it there.

Axios Social Club brings mystery dinners to Parker

Meet fellow locals over dinner at a restaurant we hand-picked.

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Axios Social Club is bringing readers together for dinner to downtown Parker on Tuesday, Oct. 6.Why it matters: Your city is full of interesting people you haven&#x27;t met yet. We&#x27;re making it easier to change that.

Boebert denies sexual relationship allegations

The formal complaint claims she had sexual relationships with three congressional staffers she supervised.

U.S. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Rep. Lauren Boebert" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/06/24/lauren-boebert-controversy-congress" data-vars-content-id="7cef6a97-12eb-4fc7-95d7-e2973d1bec52" data-vars-headline="Boebert denies sexual relationship allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/06/24/lauren-boebert-controversy-congress" target="_self">Rep. Lauren Boebert</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="denies" data-vars-click-url="https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-boebert-denies-allegations-september-17-filing?utm_source=chatgpt.com" data-vars-content-id="7cef6a97-12eb-4fc7-95d7-e2973d1bec52" data-vars-headline="Boebert denies sexual relationship allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-boebert-denies-allegations-september-17-filing?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank">denies</a> allegations she had sexual relationships with three congressional staffers she supervised, calling recent claims from an anti-Boebert group whose super PAC terminated last year &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="filthy garbage" data-vars-click-url="https://x.com/laurenboebert/status/2101808327558881750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2101808327558881750%7Ctwgr%5Ea1a212cb849048061ca92350b431fda3e097d13c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwhereisthebuzz.com%2Flauren-boebert-responds-to-media-coverage-of-staffer-allegations-i-hate-to-spoil-the-fan-fiction-but-yall-need-to-do-better%2F" data-vars-content-id="7cef6a97-12eb-4fc7-95d7-e2973d1bec52" data-vars-headline="Boebert denies sexual relationship allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://x.com/laurenboebert/status/2101808327558881750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2101808327558881750%7Ctwgr%5Ea1a212cb849048061ca92350b431fda3e097d13c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwhereisthebuzz.com%2Flauren-boebert-responds-to-media-coverage-of-staffer-allegations-i-hate-to-spoil-the-fan-fiction-but-yall-need-to-do-better%2F" target="_blank">filthy garbage</a>.&quot;The latest: David Wheeler, who leads American Muckrakers, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="sent a sworn complaint" data-vars-click-url="https://media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Boebert_Complaint_REDACTED_For_Publication_Redacted.pdf" data-vars-content-id="7cef6a97-12eb-4fc7-95d7-e2973d1bec52" data-vars-headline="Boebert denies sexual relationship allegations" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Boebert_Complaint_REDACTED_For_Publication_Redacted.pdf" target="_blank">sent a sworn complaint</a> to the House Ethics Committee on Sept. 17, but committee rules bar it from being accepted within 60 days of an election.

DougCo commissioners add competing ballot measure

A new ballot question complicates how a five-member commission could be elected.

Douglas County commissioners added another wrinkle to November&#x27;s ballot Monday, giving voters yet another choice about <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the board&#x27;s future" data-vars-click-url="https://www.douglasco.gov/board-county-commissioners/transparency/3-to-5-commissioners-voter-initiated-measure/" data-vars-content-id="0a2ede48-254f-4010-8329-b8b2b0fd1d57" data-vars-headline="DougCo commissioners add competing ballot measure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.douglasco.gov/board-county-commissioners/transparency/3-to-5-commissioners-voter-initiated-measure/" target="_blank">the board&#x27;s future</a>.Why it matters: Voters already face a big decision about the commission this fall.

Laubacher turns up the heat on Boebert

Lauren Boebert faces a different kind of Democratic challenger.

Retired Navy Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher has the resume, money and growing institutional support that could make U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert sweat the 4th Congressional District seat Republicans routinely dominate.Why it matters: Laubacher, a former Republican <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="homeschool" data-vars-click-url="https://www.facebook.com/eileenforcolorado/posts/i-homeschooled-my-five-kids-for-years-it-was-a-challenge-to-say-the-least-teachi/122183229296870310/" data-vars-content-id="be1b9264-e016-4eae-8957-848b59610bf1" data-vars-headline="Laubacher turns up the heat on Boebert" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/eileenforcolorado/posts/i-homeschooled-my-five-kids-for-years-it-was-a-challenge-to-say-the-least-teachi/122183229296870310/" target="_blank">homeschool</a> mom and U.S. Naval Academy <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="graduate" data-vars-click-url="https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/Search/Article/2236454/rear-admiral-eileen-laubacher/" data-vars-content-id="be1b9264-e016-4eae-8957-848b59610bf1" data-vars-headline="Laubacher turns up the heat on Boebert" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/Search/Article/2236454/rear-admiral-eileen-laubacher/" target="_blank">graduate</a> from Highlands Ranch, is running toward the middle as a Democrat in solid red territory.

Boebert's son faces child exploitation charges

Tyler Boebert was released on bond after his Aug. 9 arrest.

News

U.S. Rep. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Lauren Boebert&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/01/trump-colorado-water-lauren-boebert" data-vars-content-id="65e54110-ed4f-4472-9cfd-8231f4233c8a" data-vars-headline="Boebert&#x27;s son faces child exploitation charges" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/01/trump-colorado-water-lauren-boebert" target="_self">Lauren Boebert&#x27;s</a> 21-year-old son was arrested over the weekend on felony charges related to the alleged sexual exploitation of a child, according to the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Garfield County Sheriff&#x27;s Office" data-vars-click-url="https://www.garcosheriff.com/arrest-made-for-child-sexual-exploitation-charges/" data-vars-content-id="65e54110-ed4f-4472-9cfd-8231f4233c8a" data-vars-headline="Boebert&#x27;s son faces child exploitation charges" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.garcosheriff.com/arrest-made-for-child-sexual-exploitation-charges/" target="_blank">Garfield County Sheriff&#x27;s Office</a>.Catch up quick: Tyler Boebert <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="faces" data-vars-click-url="https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/10/colorado-lauren-tyler-boebert-arrested/" data-vars-content-id="65e54110-ed4f-4472-9cfd-8231f4233c8a" data-vars-headline="Boebert&#x27;s son faces child exploitation charges" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/10/colorado-lauren-tyler-boebert-arrested/" target="_blank">faces</a> three felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child, including one alleging intent to &quot;deal in, sell or distribute … any sexually exploitative material&quot; and another involving videotaped material, according to court records.

Dear Colorado

Colorado's anniversary is a chance to think beyond celebration. Read why.

You live in America&#x27;s imagination.<ul><li>Your Rocky Mountains do much of the work — but so does your open sky, the frontier <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="myth" data-vars-click-url="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-myth-american-frontier-got-start-180981310/" data-vars-content-id="2b67b201-63f6-4cee-b5b7-34a13a21f1f4" data-vars-headline="Dear Colorado" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-myth-american-frontier-got-start-180981310/" target="_blank">myth</a>, the ski towns, the trailheads, the ranch gates, the breweries, the tech hubs and everything else that promises a better life somewhere higher and farther west.</li></ul>

DougCo towns pump brakes on drone delivery

Officials want answers on noise, privacy and safety before approving hubs.

Business

Parker and Castle Rock are likely among the nation&#x27;s first municipalities to pause approvals on drone-delivery hubs that launch retail orders from ground facilities into nearby neighborhoods.Why it matters: Back-to-back ordinances passed last week reveal a cautious approach from two fast-growing Douglas County communities better known for competing to attract retail convenience and sales tax dollars.

Colorado school turns to drones for active-shooter defense

The drones are intended to confront active shooters.

A Sterling Ranch charter opening next month could become Colorado&#x27;s first school to install drones intended to confront active shooters.Why it matters: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="John Adams Academy" data-vars-click-url="https://www.jaadougco.org/" data-vars-content-id="d2dfbd65-b455-40d0-8aad-b5f55c8cc9eb" data-vars-headline="Colorado school turns to drones for active-shooter defense" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.jaadougco.org/" target="_blank">John Adams Academy</a> is joining a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="growing national experiment" data-vars-click-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYKrKmxy6E" data-vars-content-id="d2dfbd65-b455-40d0-8aad-b5f55c8cc9eb" data-vars-headline="Colorado school turns to drones for active-shooter defense" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYKrKmxy6E" target="_blank">growing national experiment</a> in high-tech school defense with a system called Campus Guardian Angel, which says it can buy police critical time in the early moments of an attack.

DougCo bucks Colorado Dems' leftward wave

Establishment Dems ran slightly stronger in DougCo.

Colorado&#x27;s ultra-progressives flexed mega muscle in Tuesday&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Democratic primary" data-vars-click-url="https://link.axios.com/click/46386963.6162/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2xvY2FsL2RlbnZlci8yMDI2LzA2LzMwL3doYXQtdG8td2F0Y2gtcHJpbWFyeS1lbGVjdGlvbi1uaWdodC1jb2xvcmFkbz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvY2FsX2FyYXBhaG9lJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/69c18dc28177a460b901870aB35bfb510" data-vars-content-id="3e970913-d6a8-4e9f-a58c-f7fe9f96771b" data-vars-headline="DougCo bucks Colorado Dems&#x27; leftward wave" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://link.axios.com/click/46386963.6162/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2xvY2FsL2RlbnZlci8yMDI2LzA2LzMwL3doYXQtdG8td2F0Y2gtcHJpbWFyeS1lbGVjdGlvbi1uaWdodC1jb2xvcmFkbz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvY2FsX2FyYXBhaG9lJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/69c18dc28177a460b901870aB35bfb510" target="_self">Democratic primary</a> — <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="beating establishment candidates" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2026/07/01/colorado-democratic-primary-results-takeaways?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_arapahoe&amp;stream=top" data-vars-content-id="3e970913-d6a8-4e9f-a58c-f7fe9f96771b" data-vars-headline="DougCo bucks Colorado Dems&#x27; leftward wave" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2026/07/01/colorado-democratic-primary-results-takeaways?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_arapahoe&amp;stream=top" target="_self">beating establishment candidates</a> up and down the ballot.Zoom in: But <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Douglas County" data-vars-click-url="https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Douglas/126612/web.345435/#/summary" data-vars-content-id="3e970913-d6a8-4e9f-a58c-f7fe9f96771b" data-vars-headline="DougCo bucks Colorado Dems&#x27; leftward wave" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Douglas/126612/web.345435/#/summary" target="_blank">Douglas County</a> — long a GOP stronghold — wasn&#x27;t as hostile to those Democrats as the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="state overall" data-vars-click-url="https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/126592/web.345435/#/summary" data-vars-content-id="3e970913-d6a8-4e9f-a58c-f7fe9f96771b" data-vars-headline="DougCo bucks Colorado Dems&#x27; leftward wave" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/126592/web.345435/#/summary" target="_blank">state overall</a>.

Why some first-time voters get ballot cure notices

Need a ballot cure? Your vote can still count.

Douglas County expects about 60,000 ballots to be returned Tuesday, but some first-time voters may find Election Day isn&#x27;t their final step.The big picture: The county clerk&#x27;s office expects Tuesday&#x27;s rush to push returned ballots past 100,000 since voting began earlier this month.

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Trump deportations ripple through Colorado's economy

A choropleth map showing the estimated cost per taxpayer for federal immigrant deportation and detention funding across the U.S. states. The average cost is $2.4k. Washington, D.C., has the highest load, at $3.9k.

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Boebert denies sexual relationship allegations

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