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The two-member majority of Douglas County’s elected leaders voted again in rebuke of the third member, this time restricting her ability to spend on matters of county affairs.

Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas has sued her commissioner colleagues, George Teal and Abe Laydon, to recoup legal fees she incurred to defend herself during disputes.

In the latest twist in an ongoing drama involving Douglas County governance, Commissioner Lora Thomas has filed a lawsuit against her colleagues. The suit seeks to recover the attorneys fees Thomas incurred as she defended herself from allegations that she created a hostile work environment and wrongfully distributed a government document.

Douglas County PrideFest, which has been targeted by attempts to cancel or restrict the event for the past several months, welcomed an estimated 2,000 attendees to the all-day event on Aug. 26 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

Therapy seems dubious On July 25, Douglas County Commissioners Abe Laydon and Lora Thomas voted to award a “Suicide Prevention” grant to Castle Rock Pride, the LGBTQ group that produces PrideFest …

Protesters disrupted a drag show at PrideFest in Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado Saturday.

In a tumultuous meeting, two of Douglas County’s elected leaders voted to censure — or formal disapprove of — their colleague in response to what one of the leaders has called public shaming of county volunteers with inaccurate information.

As an editor, and citizen, one of my biggest pet peeves is when elected leaders and volunteers on public boards seem clueless about the power in the statement, “the public’s right to know.” …

More than three dozen placed their names in the running to serve on a new arm of Douglas County’s government that will help the county’s elected leaders plan for the future of Douglas’ water supply, a pressing question for a county whose population is expected to keep growing.

One of Douglas County’s elected leaders proposed a censure — or formal disapproval — of one of his colleagues after she criticized a funding advisory board and after a member of that board sent the county a letter of resignation.