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Aspiring author Kathy Lynn Harris noticed a year ago that it seemed like everybody on airplanes was using e-readers and not reading print books anymore.

So she decided it was time to give up the dream of finding a traditional publisher and publish her novel, "Blue Straggler," the digital way.

Within a few months, "Blue Straggler" was successful enough to attract 30,000 downloads, 59 reviews on Amazon.com and an ink-on-paper indie-book publisher, 30 Day Books of Seattle, which is getting her book into bookstores.

Denver Water, which provides water to Littleton and much of Arapahoe County, is building a new satellite office building, garage and storage unit at the northwest corner of South Lowell Boulevard and West Bowles Avenue.

The $5 million complex on 3.4 acres will house about 20 people who mostly work in the vicinity, said Stacy Chesney, spokesperson for Denver Water.

The Waterton Canyon Trail was scheduled to reopen Saturday morning after being closed all day Friday because of a small lightning-sparked fire that broke out about 4 p.m. Thursday in an area called Mill Gulch.
U.S. Forest Service crews used the canyon road on Friday to bring in equipment to fight the fire, which affected about 3 acres.

The pro and con contingents are drawing up battles lines over the proposed property-tax increase for Jeffco schools on the November ballot.  

Opponents say the tax increase would not fully address the district’s budget issues or guarantee improved student performance, and that the district can find other places to cut the budget. Proponents counter that the increase would help a district ravaged by budget cuts over the past several years and help keep residential property values in the county high by maintaining quality schools.