Dr. Jason Glass will be the next Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools per a unanimous vote of approval by the Jeffco Board of Education May 16. more

Highlands Ranch resident Robert McAdam flew in a Boeing B-17 on a mission once in World War II — and he had to bail out over Nazi-occupied Austria. "I was 23 at the time, and I don't … more

Leadership Jefferson County is quite literally planting seeds that will help revitalize a garden, help a school and feed a neighborhood. Those first seeds were planted in the newly restored community garden at Foster Elementary School in Arvada … more

“The ability for individuals to be able to move from a place of tolerance to one of acceptance. With tolerance, there are ideas that cannot agree, therefore, walls are built and borders are put in place. With acceptance, there is an understanding … more

Four Seasons Farmers & Artisans Market in Wheat Ridge has moved — outdoors, that is. The market has partnered with Ridge at 38 and Localworks to enlarge its summer outdoor market as a regional Saturday destination on West 38th Avenue, with … more

Fourth-grader Brooklyn Guerra really likes art. So on Visit Day, Guerra had fun decorating a puzzle piece with her current classmates at Welchester Elementary School and her future ones, like Amber Ayres, from Pleasant View … more

It may have been disconcerting for students passing by Warren Tech in the morning of May 9 to see smoke billowing from behind the school. But it was no cause for concern — instead, it was a chance for Warren Tech fire science, forensics and … more

When Allison MacDonald was a student at Everitt Middle School, one of the teachers that made the biggest impact on her life was Alice Mahlum, who taught language arts at the school for 28 years. Years later, when MacDonald started working at the … more

Jefferson County students are well on their way to becoming the next generation of famed authors. On May 10, the Education Nonprofit Corporation (ENC) had its awards ceremony for the fourth annual Jeffco Writing Challenge and the first I Love to … more

A common concern about online schools is whether students get the same opportunities to socialize as their peers in traditional ones. But they showed they can have just as much fun when students from four online schools recently enjoyed the … more