July 2026
Colorado primary sees record voter turnout with 35.9% participation
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Turnout in the recent Colorado primary election, with executive-level offices up for grabs and a competitive congressional primary, was 10 percentage points higher than in 2024. As of Monday, turnout for the June 30 primary was around 35.9% of active voters, compared with 25.5% in […]
Aurora considers expanding accessory dwelling units to boost housing options
AURORA | The city is considering moving forward with new guidelines to allow more accessory dwelling units and expand housing options. City council is scheduled to discuss the proposed guidelines at its July 13 study session. The changes would allow accessory dwelling units, including internal, attached and detached styles, to be built on most single-family […]
Colorado primary sees record voter turnout with 35.9% participation
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Turnout in the recent Colorado primary election, with executive-level offices up for grabs and a competitive congressional primary, was 10 percentage points higher than in 2024. As of Monday, turnout for the June 30 primary was around 35.9% of active voters, compared with 25.5% in […]
Boys Lacrosse: Grandview’s Mason Kelly, Regis Jesuit’s William Wilson hailed as USA Lacrosse All-Americans
Two recently graduated Aurora area boys lacrosse stars — Mason Kelly of Grandview and William Wilson of Regis Jesuit — were among the group of 12 players from Colorado tabbed All-Americans for the 2026 season by USA Lacrosse.
Crash of an aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire leaves the pilot dead
GUNNISON | An aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said. The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot’s body was recovered by divers, the Gunnison County sheriff’s office posted online. The pilot, believed to be the only person on […]
The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey from France
LONDON | After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could have spelled disaster. On loan from its […]
Movie Review: ‘Evil Dead Burn’ goes full brutality, without humor, artistry or verve
French filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček vowed when he took charge of the sixth installment in the “Evil Dead” film series that it would be the most brutal. Mission accomplished, mon ami. Not the most artful or clever or scariest. Brutal. Vaniček has certainly delivered — a relentlessly violent, overlong, one-note, meandering grindhouse that lacks its predecessors’ […]
Fire at a music bar in Bangkok kills at least 27 people
BANGKOK | A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition in the Thai capital’s most deadly blaze in 17 years. Photos from the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of the Thai capital showed people fleeing as […]
EDITORIAL: Trump strikes at the heart of American freedom by targeting reporters
While it’s difficult for Americans to even keep track of all the corrupt, incompetent and illegal schemes and scams of President Donald Trump and his regime, Americans can’t turn away from a recent move that could push the nation into becoming another authoritarian dominion. Trump’s Department of Justice subpoenaed at least three New York Times […]
UK says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community, bans Revolutionary Guard
roup controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, as a national security threat. LONDON | A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday. The government said it is banning the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the […]