Author: Noah Festenstein

Aaron Brooks was riding his bike Sunday afternoon when he heard screams for help come from around the corner of the Boulder courthouse. What Brooks encountered next is something that he said will stay with him forever: “I hear somebody yelling, ‘Is anybody a doctor, is anybody a doctor?’ And I thought somebody maybe at one…

Boulder police and the FBI are investigating a Molotov cocktail attack which left eight people injured near downtown Boulder’s Pearl Street on Sunday afternoon. Authorities apprehended suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian citizen, who will remain in custody during the investigation, following his release from the hospital, according to FBI Special Agent Mark Michalek and the…

On a sunny weekend in downtown Denver, thousands of residents took in the new-look 16th Street corridor as the area celebrated a new beginning. “Out of the 15 years I’ve lived here, this is the most people I’ve ever seen outside,” Appaloosa Grill Manager Heather Delaney said, watching hundreds of people walk by the newly…

One of the most anticipated public meetings in Douglas County’s push for “home rule” status lasted for just over an hour in Castle Rock on Wednesday night. Out of roughly 8,700 people online and in Douglas County chambers, seven residents were given a chance to ask a question or make comment on county home rule…

The Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel opened an investigation into 23rd Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler in March after a former congressional candidate in Colorado complained Brauchler called him a “racist” on social media. Justin Schreiber, who is being prosecuted within the 23rd Judicial District, requested an investigation into Brauchler’s social media posts on…

A Douglas County judge on Tuesday ruled that the county’s “home rule” election next month may go on as planned, ruling in a lawsuit filed by three residents claiming the commissioners violated open meetings laws. Douglas County District Judge Robert Raymond Lung said there is no sufficient evidence to cancel or delay the June 24…

Castle Rock town councilmembers Tuesday night approved on first reading a Douglas County landowner’s proposal to annex a 535-acre unincorporated ranch into town for major development, a proposal that has drawn ire from the town and residents for over 20 years. Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved Pine Canyon Ranch annexation, allowing landowners to move…

Douglas County commissioners’ push for home rule power could result in a change they don’t want: the expansion of the board from three commissioners to five. “Few problems are solved by more politicians,” Douglas County’s Board of County Commissioners Chaiman Abe Laydon said after the public raised the idea at Tuesday’s meeting. A few residents…

After a decade of planning and 15 months of construction, veterans residing near the heart of Douglas County now have access to an exclusive health care clinic in Castle Rock. The new Castle Rock U.S Department of Veterans Affairs health center offers a variety of services for roughly 8,000 veterans residing in the area, including primary care…