Brighton News

A tornado touched down near DIA June 18 at approximately 2:20 p.m. In the photo, it appears that a plane is caught in the tornado's funnel but it is actually some distance away.

School District 27J in Brighton, CO, has resurrected its virtual desktop infrastructure implementation that crashed on day one under the load of simultaneous logons.

Not every roof is an appropriate or efficient place to mount solar panels. But how can a property owner know? A year-old Denver-based company has expanded a free online tool that allows homeowners and business owners to figure out how much energy their rooftops can generate.

A 100-desktop VDI pilot program crushed a HP P6300 Enterprise Virtual Array. It couldn't hope to support the 800-desktop roll out.

Dan Barker Fort morgan Times New Wiggins Superintendent Gary Bruntz took his place at the Wiggins Board of Education meeting Wednesday night.

Members of the Brighton Youth Commission volunteered to round up ducks during the Brighton Chamber of Commerce's 16th annual Disco Duck Races at the Oasis Saturday morning.

The salaries of 161 city employees are on their way to market rate. City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the ordinance during its June 4 meeting, which will require the city to allocate an additional $173,140 in salary and benefits costs this year.

Brighton City Council gave initial approval for a subcommittee dedicated to making Brighton a more bicycle-friendly city at its June 4 meeting.

BRIGHTON Starting June 17, the city of Brighton's utilities department will begin an active campaign to bring residents up to speed on Stage 1 drought restrictions.

BRIGHTON The School District 27J Board of Education approved a $118 million budget for the 2013-14 school year during its regular meeting June 11. The approved budget includes an increase of about 6 percent from the 2012-2013 school year.

Some members of the Brighton Fire Rescue District may wind up in Colorado Springs to help fight the Black Forest Fire.

Authorities aren't sure about the source of an odor at the Adams County Jail that may have sickened at least three people Tuesday afternoon.

As one budget year comes to a close, members of the Brush Board of Education and district administration are already looking ahead not only to the upcoming year, but to the future.

Police arrested four people -- three men and a juvenile -- after a burglary of a Brighton home June 5. The suspects are 20-year-old David Allen Ramser; 22-year-old Andrew Michael White; and 20-year-old Jaylen Jawann Davis.

Brighton police are looking for a driver in a vehicular assault early Sunday morning in which two people were run over.

Brighton Fire Rescue investigators continue to look for the cause of Sunday afternoon's brush fire near 160th Avenue and the South Platte River.

A Commerce City woman charged in the death of her 4-year-old grandson has been acquitted of first-degree murder but convicted of a lesser charge.

A physician's assistant checks the heart rate of a patient during a clinical visit in Brighton, Colo., in this file photo.

BRIGHTON Adams County Judge Brian Bowen swore in Greg Piotraschke for the vacant seat on the School District 27J Board of Education June 4. Greg Piotraschke is sworn into the School District 27J Board of Education by Adams County Judge Brian Bowen June 4. The Belle Creek resident replaces Sheree Coates as District 7 director after she resigned from ... (more)

Anthony "Tony" Smith, 18, doesn't have the typical post-graduation plans most high school seniors make.