Megan Mitchell

Jay Jaramillo poses for a portrait with the traffic signal box he painted at Carpenter Park on June 23 in Thornton. Thornton has launched the Outside the Box Traffic Box Mural Project in an effort to reduce graffiti and tagging on six traffic signal boxes that are frequently defaced. Those boxes are getting mural work done by six local artists who were chosen after a local call-for-entries. (Photo by Seth McConnell/YourHub)

New artwork in Thornton reduces tagging

June 27, 2017 at 4:48 p.m.

Last year, the Thornton arts and culture division launched the Outside the Box Traffic Mural project. Jaramillo lead the pilot project, creating a design for the traffic control box outside...

Steve Yacovetta, left, Vanessa Molina, and Verna Lee Gholson, right, are some of the volunteers that work in the community garden at the Aurora Strong Resilience Center

Aurora Strong Resilience Center helps residents face, cope with trauma

June 27, 2017 at 4:53 p.m.

The Aurora Strong Resilience Center has undergone a shift. Now, anyone who has experienced any form of post traumatic stress is welcome to learn coping skills at the community center...

Best locally owned breweries and tap houses in Adams County

June 27, 2017 at 4:14 p.m.

In Denver, you can practically find a tap house or niche brewery on every block. But once you get up into the northern suburbs of Adams County, the frequency of...

Sand Creek Wholesale Nursery on June 20, 2017 in Aurora.

Aurora’s best independent garden centers, nurseries and supply stores

June 27, 2017 at 4:11 p.m.

Aurora is home to a handful of long-established wholesale nurseries and garden centers with unique specialties and vast selections that make you feel like you're in a huge, wild garden...

Aurora’s oldest standing landmarks and where to find them

June 21, 2017 at 4:40 p.m.

It may not seem like it, but Aurora is more than 125 years old, and that kind of longevity leaves architectural marks. Aurora is loaded with 27 individual landmarks, two...

Kids flock to Aurora’s free Summer in the City activities

June 20, 2017 at 5:15 p.m.

Aurora has been refining Summer in the City. Now, the event draws hundreds of families. and the city is using the growing popularity to provide more free recreation activities and...

Aurora church building will become new refugee, multi-faith center

June 20, 2017 at 5:12 p.m.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Aurora is the new home of the Village Exchange Center, which will provide a multi-faith place of worship for the community and welcome refugees and...

Anglers line the shores to get in some fishing at Barr Lake Sept. 1, 2013.

Best places to go fishing in metro-area Adams County

June 20, 2017 at 5:08 p.m.

There are dozens of small ponds, preserves and reservoirs dotted all around Adams County where people can find a little urban solitude next to calm waters with their fishing poles.

Commerce City’s Derby business district owners hope exterior improvements, new neighbors will reverse retail stagnation

June 20, 2017 at 5:31 p.m.

Commerce City launched a project to improve the street lighting and install business district signs in and around Derby, waving people into the tiny retail hub and directing them around...

Logan Reading, 3, presses his nose into the glass as he looks at the selection of donuts at Holy Coffee & Donuts in Northglenn, Colorado on Feb. 17, 2016.

Northglenn’s sweet spots: Where to find local cake bakers, doughnuts and sweets

June 13, 2017 at 7:06 p.m.

Looking for Northglenn's sweet spots? We've got you covered.

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