McKenna Harford is a Reporter at Colorado Community Media. She focuses on themes such as construction and real estate, regional interest, and world news, with a particular emphasis on Colorado, governance-ESG, social issues, and the GOP in the context of the 2023 elections. McKenna's work has been featured in the Parker Chronicle, Douglas County News-Press, Castle Rock News-Press, Sentinel Colorado, The Colorado Sun, and Colorado Community Media.
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McKenna Harford's work revolves around local news, government announcements, and education in Douglas County, Colorado. If you have insights or expertise related to local politics, school district policies, or community developments within this specific area of focus, she might be interested in hearing from you.
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Andrew Koldeway, a Castle Rock firefighter who died in October, is memorialized on a bottle of specialty bourbon created by his colleagues and friends. The bottles are being sold to help raise funds for Koldeway's family. Credit: Courtesy Kendall Compton
An overview of the Pine Canyon Ranch area with a northwest view. Credit: Screenshot of Douglas County meeting document
The Pine Canyon property in Douglas County is looking to rezone to build a mixed-use project with up to 1,800 housing units, a hotel resort, commercial space and a mobility hub. It is currently a cattle ranch. Credit: Courtesy Pine Canyon Ranch
Ellie Reynolds, a founding member of the proposed John Adams Academy charter school, speaks to the Douglas County School Board with Colorado Charter School Institute President Terry Croy Lewis about the proposal for her school. Reynolds requested the school district release authorization over the proposed charter school to the Charter School Institute. Credit: Screenshot of Douglas County School Board meeting
A customer browses through scrapbooking materials at ReCreative in downtown Denver. ReCreative is a nonprofit with a used art supplies store that repurposes equipment and materials for painting, sewing, jewelry making, collaging and many other hobbies. Credit: Photo by McKenna Harford
By: Aria Marizza
Town council decides against exemption allowance for existing practices
By: Haley Lena, Ellis Arnold, Mckenna Harford, Scott Gilbert, John Renfrow
From cheering on a local Olympian to approving a school-construction bond in Douglas County and hearing Elbert County’s first-ever official song, the news from 2024 is something to remember. With new elected officials taking office and new land developments getting underway, here is a look back at some of Douglas and Elbert counties’ most memorable […]
By: Mckenna Harford
While Colorado’s open meetings law does not require local governments or elected bodies to seek public engagement on their decisions, most officials consider feedback part of good governance. In Douglas County, all of the local municipalities designate time to hear from the public during meetings through general comment periods that allow people to speak about […]
By: Mckenna Harford
The Douglas County nonprofit Wellspring Community is in the process of moving tenants into its recently completed conversion of the former La Quinta Inn in Castle Rock to affordable apartments. The apartment building, called Unity on Park, provides affordable housing for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD), with half of the units reserved for […]
Rep. Max Brooks will stay on the Castle Rock Town Council while he serves at the statehouse representing House District 45. Credit: Courtesy photo
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