Megan Mitchell

THORNTON, CO - AUGUST 25: Allison Pippert, 10, constructs a name plate during her fifth-grade class at Stargate School on August 25, 2016, in Thornton, Colorado. Stargate School this school year opened a new campus as part of a 70-acre development in Thornton. Serving students from kindergarten through 5th grade in one building, and middle and high school in an adjacent building, the new campus is the largest single-funded charter project in the state. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Stargate K-12 opens in Thornton as largest charter school project in Colorado

September 1, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.

The largest charter school project in the state has officially opened its doors for 1,150 gifted and talented kids around the Adams 12 Five Star School District on a brand...

AURORA, CO - AUGUST 23: Claudia Frey-Grant talks with Henry Marsh as he updates his voter registration at Martin Luther King Jr Library in Aurora, Colorado on August 23, 2016. Multiple organizations, agencies and collaboratives want to register Metro Denver residents who are experiencing homelessness to vote. You don脮t need a fixed home address in order to be able to vote, and that is what a half dozen Aurora homeless/mental service resource providers want to get out in their "Homeless but not Voiceless" campaign. (Photo by Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Aurora homeless initiatives take proactive approaches to reversing marginalization

September 1, 2016 at 4:33 p.m.

Aurora is leading a metro area charge this year on innovative efforts to address and advocate for issues affecting the homeless population.

Cindy Simcox, center, teaches her seventh grade social studies class at Mrachek Middle School on August 19, 2016, in Aurora, Colorado. The Aurora Public Schools Board of Education recently authorized a $300 million bond for the November ballot. The targeted use of the money would be technology improvements district wide, and match grants to rebuild one of the oldest middle schools in the district, Mrachek Middle School. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Aurora Public Schools puts $300 million bond question on Nov. ballot

August 25, 2016 at 6:34 p.m.

This month, the Aurora Public School Board of Education voted to place a $300 million bond question on the November ballot that would help fund a new Mrachek Middle School...

Development opportunities emerge around Northglenn RTD rail station

August 26, 2016 at 7:50 a.m.

The acres of empty fields that now surround the construction of a commuter rail line station platform at East 112th Avenue in Northglenn may soon be full of housing and...

Alejandro Quintan loads rock into a wheelbarrow as he landscapes the lawn of a home in Arvada, Colorado on August 11, 2016.

Brighton Housing Authority helps impoverished people start their own businesses

August 20, 2016 at 1:13 a.m.

In 2012, the Brighton Housing Authority created the Applicant Assistance Program to help Adams County residents with low annual income receive certifications, licenses and training to start a businesses.

Lindsey Sanders, a third-year dental student with CU Anschutz, checks Elife Bzuneh's teeth during a visit to the DAWN Clinic medical clinic night on August 9, 2016, in Aurora, Colorado. DAWN is a student-run clinic established to serve uninsured patients in Aurora at no cost. It opened in March 2015. (Photo by Anya Semenoff/The Denver Post)

Aurora’s DAWN Clinic provides free health care through CU medical students

August 20, 2016 at 12:56 a.m.

A couple of months ago, fourth-year medical student Jacqueline To was working on inpatient service at University Hospital when a 30-year-old woman came in complaining of terrible stomach pain.

Risas Dental & Braces offers free care until noon for grand opening Saturday

August 18, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.

As many as 100 people are expected to line up outside the new Risas Dental & Braces location near Federal Heights on Saturday for the new office's grand opening where...

Work continues on the multistory Stanley Marketplace on August 2, 2016, in Aurora, Colorado. Stanley Marketplace will bring 53 businesses 脩 including restaurants, retail stores, events space and more 脩 to the newly renovated Stanley Aviation facility in north Aurora.

Stanley Marketplace has a busy month of openings, festivals and art planned for September

August 19, 2016 at 1:35 p.m.

Already 100 percent leased, the commercial redevelopment of the former Stanley Aviation plant will have staggered openings for its 53 individual businesses over the two months, starting Sept. 1 with...

In this Tuesday, May 17, 2016 photo, Allie Romer makes a shot from the third level of Topgolf Las Vegas.

Topgolf to build second location in Thornton alongside Thorncreek course renovation

August 17, 2016 at 5:43 a.m.

The options for golfers in north Thornton are going to improve over the next couple of years.

Courtney Hays, right, helps Austin Mathews at Green Sativa on July 26, 2016, in Federal Heights, Colorado.

Federal Heights council puts recreational marijuana vote on ballot after medical sales started in March

October 2, 2016 at 3:54 p.m.

The marijuana industry has been聽slow to arrive in the small city of Federal Heights, but officials and businesses expect its budding presence聽to make a direly needed economic impact on the...

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