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this WEEK'S STORIes, May 1, 2026

Pictured: The city budget meeting earlier this week in council chambers.

Negative interpersonal dynamics are a downfall. This can lead to dysfunction for all, according to a list of best practices for city boards from the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency. ...Continued

Pictured: The negotiating session Thursday between teachers and administrators of Central School District.

Student disruption in classrooms is an escalating problem at Central School District and more definitive steps to address the problem have ...Continued

Pictured: The reader board for MINET, a participant in the program. Inset is Craig Pope, county commissioner.

Over brush-covered hills and rocky terrain, broadband now provides high-speed internet in Polk County to places once considered too rural ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, april 24, 2026

Pictured: (Left) Independence community member Miranda Garrison, chair of the city's budget committee and Amanda Carey, finance director for Independence at April 22, 2026 budget committee meeting (Image: City YouTube).

By the time the first official budget meeting started Wednesday night, several advocates were waiting to speak in support of a proposed nearly $20 fee, a city councilor had a swath of handouts questioning the planned hire of an in-house attorney and the new city finance director already had labeled ...Continued

Pictured: City YouTube images of City Manger Kenna West at city budget meetings.

OP/ED: Last year, right around this time, City Manager Kenna West (photo) told a roomful of people that she didn’t know if she could keep the lights on at the Independence City Hall. ...Continued

Pictured: Aidan Wendring (front) competing at the John Oliver Invitational (Submitted photo).

Aidan Wendring is in the midst of a remarkable run. The Central High senior is unbeaten over the past two seasons in the 2,000-meter steeplechase, a streak that includes a national title from the ...Continued

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