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Town Council decisions and civic moves worth knowing about.
Could Douglas County Actually Vote Blue in November? The Numbers Say It's No Longer a Silly Question
The GOP presidential margin here collapsed from 26 points to 7 in a decade, Republicans' registration count is literally shrinking, Polis came within 1,290 votes in 2022, and this November pairs a 39.9% nominee both rivals refuse to endorse with the congresswoman who won the county by half a point. The verified data, and the honest case in both directions.
No, Douglas County Is Not Building a Nuclear Reactor. Here Is What the Commissioners Actually Did
The commissioners asked staff to price out a feasibility study on small modular reactors: no vote, no site, no company. We read the county's own 17-page memo, which candidly lists the downsides, reveals the data-center motive, and admits nothing can move before new federal rules land in 2027.
While It Was Cancelling Fireworks, Douglas County Was Building a Firefighting Air Base
The county commissioners unanimously approved a $4.2 million contract for a dedicated Helitack hangar, a permanent home for Colorado's only locally owned firefighting helicopter program. Open by spring 2027, and the clearest statement yet of what DougCo thinks its defining risk is.
Douglas County Cancels Every July 4 Fireworks Show as Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Take Effect
Stage 2 fire restrictions took effect July 2 and cancelled every professional fireworks display in Douglas County, 48 hours after commissioners voted to save the Highlands Ranch show. What's banned, what's still on, and what happens to the shows now.
Boebert vs. Laubacher: Douglas County's November Congressional Race Is Set
Boebert cruised her primary, but she's the rare incumbent who underperforms her own district: she won Douglas County by half a point in 2024 while Trump won it by 7. Why DougCo is very much in play against Eileen Laubacher.
Marx Beats Kirkmeyer by 2,500 Votes: How the Closest Race on the Ballot Ended, and What Douglas County Decided Locally
Jake Bockenfeld unseated the establishment pick for commissioner and Hartsook held HD-44. But Kirkmeyer and Marx are separated by 1,356 votes, and the GOP nominee for governor may not be known for weeks.
Weiser Topples Bennet: Colorado's Democratic Primary Was a Night of Upsets
A sitting U.S. senator lost the governor's race. Here's what Douglas County Democrats decided, the Denver upset still too close to call, and why the Dems' pick might make DougCo friendlier ground for Republicans in November.
Douglas County Is Asking the State Supreme Court to Overturn Its Open-Meetings Defeat
An appeals court found the commissioners held 11 secret meetings while pushing a home-rule power grab voters later rejected 71 percent. Now the county wants the Colorado Supreme Court to say it did nothing wrong.
Douglas County's 2026 Primary: What to Watch Tuesday Night, and Where to Follow Results
Polls close 7 p.m. Tuesday. Weiser is leading Bennet, a MAGA outsider is winning the GOP governor primary, and two local races decide Douglas County. Our read on the odds, the money, and where to watch live.
Douglas County Reinstated Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Today. No Backyard Fireworks for the Fourth.
Effective June 29, open burning and personal fireworks are banned across unincorporated Douglas County, Castle Pines, and Larkspur. The pro shows in Castle Rock, Parker, and Lone Tree are still on.
Hartsook vs. Davis: the Douglas County House race nobody saw coming
House District 44 was supposed to be a coronation. Then a 31-year cop got nominated from the floor, and now he is outspending the incumbent House leader nearly nine to one heading into June 30.
Greg Lopez found the Colorado GOP's clearest path back to the governor's office. The party won't take it.
A former Parker mayor and Republican congressman left his party to run for governor as an independent. The strategy has nearly worked for outsiders in other states. In Colorado it would require the GOP to do the one thing it has refused to do: get out of its own way.
Your complete 2026 Douglas County ballot: every race from governor to commissioner
Governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, the statehouse, and the county: every race a Douglas County voter will see in 2026, plus the June 30 primaries that quietly decide most of them.
Diak, Bockenfeld, Bonham: inside the one Douglas County commissioner race actually up for grabs in 2026
Abe Laydon is term-limited, the District 1 seat is open for the first time in eight years, and the June 30 Republican primary will probably decide it, unless a county that's quietly gone purple has other ideas.