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🌱 What Highlands Ranch’s new drought watch means for your yard this spring
Hi there, Highlands Ranch! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What Highlands Ranch’s new drought watch means for your yard this spring
- What the new Zebulon sports complex could mean for Highlands Ranch families
Also on today's calendar: The International Gem & Jewelry Show - Denver, CO (April 2026) and 3 more events.
Friendly reminder: know of a great event coming up in Highlands Ranch or nearby? Post it to the Highlands Ranch calendar! Did you know it's free to post locally? It's also inexpensive to share to nearby towns. 📅
Today's riddle: When does a joke become a Dad joke? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Clouds and sun; windy, cooler, with a high of 55 and low of 31 degrees.
- Saturday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 63, low: 34.
- Sunday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 68 and low of 35 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 74% of Colorado under water stress (elcomerciodecolorado.com) — Highlands Ranch water customers are under a drought watch and urged to water lawns manually and sparingly as Colorado faces one of its driest, hottest years on record. Statewide drought has triggered a formal emergency response, while Denver and several nearby cities roll out or prepare stricter watering limits, fines, and conservation rules to protect strained reservoirs and river supplies. 
• Zebulon Regional Sports Complex moves ahead (parkerchronicle.net) — Families in Highlands Ranch, Parker, and Castle Rock could soon see relief from crowded youth sports facilities as Douglas County advances the massive Zebulon Regional Sports Complex. Commissioners approved key contracts, a $100 million financing plan, and partnerships including Highlands Ranch Aquatics Institute, with construction expected to start this fall and finish by late 2028.
📸 Around Highlands Ranch
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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The International Gem & Jewelry Show - Denver, CO (April 2026)
The Brighton - A NPU Venue, 3403 Brighton Blvd, Denver
10:00 am -
Rocky Mountain Train Show
National Western Complex, 4655 N Humboldt St, Denver
9:00 am
Saturday April 4
Saturday April 11
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Other local events
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Peak Performers - Referral Group
Northwest Douglas County Chamber & EDC , 300 Plaza Dr #225 , Highlands Ranch
9:00 am -
Tennis: G/V
Dakota Ridge High School
8:00 am -
STEM Adventures at Kiddie Academy of Lone Tree
10344 Park Meadows Dr , Lone Tree
5:00 pm -
Vinyl Nation: Live GenX Rock & Roll @ MaxTaps Highlands Ranch
Max Taps Co. , 2680 E County Line Rd A , Highlands Ranch
6:00 pm
Thursday April 9
Friday April 10
Saturday April 11
📣 Highlands Ranch Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Baby Storytime (Ages 0-24 months)
Southglenn Library , 6972 South Vine Street , Centennial
9:30 am -
Toddler Storytime (Ages 2-3)
Koelbel Library , 5955 South Holly Street , Centennial
9:30 am -
Family Place Play & Learn (Ages 1-3)
Koelbel Library , 5955 South Holly Street , Centennial
10:00 am -
Family Storytime (All Ages)
Southglenn Library , 6972 South Vine Street , Centennial
10:30 am -
Preschool Storytime (Ages 4-6)
Koelbel Library , 5955 South Holly Street , Centennial
10:30 am -
Preschool Time
South County Library - Jefferson County Library , 11100 Bradford Rd , Littleton
10:45 am -
Orbit Culture
Gothic Theatre , 3263 S Broadway , Englewood
6:00 pm -
Toddler Time
Columbine Library - Jefferson County Public Library , 7706 W Bowles Ave , Littleton
9:15 am
Friday April 3
Saturday April 4
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- We found his owner!
Is this anyone’s dog? They don’t have a tag on their collar, we are on hickory circle and ridge glen way kind of by northridge elementary school (Nextdoor Coventry Ridge and South) - Lost dog.
Whose dog is this? No collar or identification. Wandering around Aberdeen Circle in Highlands Ranch. (Nextdoor Highlands Ranch)
🗞 Nearby News
Lone Tree
- Lone Tree Arts Center to Host Southern Decadence Luncheon (villagerpublishing.com)
- Baylor students research post-Holocaust trials with campus resources (baylorlariat.com)
- See largest dinosaurs at Denver Museum of Nature and Science (westminsterwindow.com)
Sedalia
- Local Organizations in Castle Rock Are Reshaping Mental Health Support (livability.com)
- Court frees Tina Peters from 'deceitful' label as 9-year sentence cut: 'Not her belief, her actions' (meaww.com)
Castle Pines
- PESSIMIST: University searches for new mascot after Willie the Wildcat is drafted (acuoptimist.com)
Ok Highlands Ranch! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: When it becomes apparent. lol (Thank you Fauna T. for sending it in!)
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