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New Dutch Bros location opens by Arvada West
Jullien Zinn, Reporter • Nov 17, 2025

Dutch Bros, a coffee parlor that also serves tea, energy drinks, food, and more, opened today directly...

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Arvada West Theatre Company prepares to perform the Tony Award winning musical comedy ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’
Zuzu Henning, Reporter • Oct 29, 2025

For this school year's fall musical, the A-West Theatre Company will put on "The 25th Annual Putnam County...

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Arvada West bathrooms face mass vandalism, closings
Lyam Worley, Reporter • Oct 22, 2025

Who could’ve known school bathrooms were such a nightmare? Mensur Hadzic, for one. Arvada West High...

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Arvada West’s Homecoming dance this Saturday
Brynn Jernberg, Reporter • Oct 15, 2025

The A-West homecoming dance is just around the corner, and will take place this Saturday, October 18th,...

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Senior turns personal journals into published novel
Brynn Jernberg, Copy Editor • Mar 9, 2026

While most seniors are focused on graduation or college decisions, one high school senior is celebrating...

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Overcoming challenges to maintain focus during winter months: strategies for winter productivity
Zuzu Henning, Reporter • Dec 10, 2025

While many can't find the energy to do anything other than stay inside and nap on a cold winter day,...

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The rise of “six seven”: how a simple number became an internet sensation
Olivia Tillman, Reporter • Dec 9, 2025

In the world of the internet, anything can become a meme. Some random dude sitting down, a cat giving...

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Phones in school: helpful or not?
Mason Sun, Reporter • Dec 8, 2025

In today’s classrooms, one device is almost always in students’ hands — their phones. Some teachers...

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Technology in high school is harming students
Alayna Nichols, Reporter/Copy Editor • Mar 11, 2026

Technology: The ability to have access to everything at the base of your fingertips, from 8:15 to 3:30. From one subject to the next, we stare at a computer, projector or...

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Dead children can’t get A’s
Eddie Dawson, Social Media Editor • Mar 8, 2026

According to the University of San Diego’s Heather J. Leslie, PhD, “The impact of academic stress not only hurts students’ ability to learn but also affects their well-being...

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“1984”: No longer fiction for Americans
Kylie Jones, Reporter/Graphic Design Manager • Feb 23, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence is replacing, not helping, our education
Jennifer Melot, Reporter • Feb 22, 2026

Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic fantasy dreamt up decades ago. It’s solving questions and problems that humans have dealt with for years, even ones we...

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