Lily Allish

Join Adams County Fire Rescue for a free community walk at Clear Creek Valley Park in Arvada. Meet firefighters, tour a fire engine, and enjoy family-friendly activities.

Members of the Arvada City Council participated in a two-day, off-site governance and team-building retreat in Fort Collins in January. City officials and council members described the retreat as a structured, professionally facilitated workshop focused on governance and collaboration rather than policy decisions. Key facts Retreat classification: The session was formally classified as a City Council retreat focused on governance, communication, and collaboration, not policy-setting or votes....

Lakewood residents who organized a referendum on the city’s new zoning code say they want one thing above all: for voters, not just City Council, to decide whether sweeping land-use changes should take effect. In response to the new code, residents filed four referendum petitions; city staff verified enough signatures on all four of them, and those petitions are now undergoing a formal protest and review process that will determine whether they can advance to the ballot. In October 2025,...