city of aurora
Aurora Councilmember Rob Andrews pleads guilty to DUI charge, gets 10-days home detention
AURORA | Councilmember Rob Andrews pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to driving under the influence and was sentenced to 10 days of in-home detention, probation and community service. Andrews was arrested Jan. 17 after police said he was driving a pickup truck erratically at about 9:30 p.m. in east-central Aurora. Police said he failed a […]
Kilyn Lewis’ family files second lawsuit against Aurora police for fatal shooting
AURORA | The family of Kilyn Lewis, a Black man who was shot and killed by Aurora police during his arrest in 2024, has filed a second lawsuit against the city, alleging systemic failures in policies and training led to Lewis’ death. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks to hold the city accountable for […]
Aurora moves to create ‘independent’ police oversight office amid state reform mandate
AURORA | After four years under a state mandated consent decree overseeing policy and training changes in Aurora’s public safety departments, the city is moving forward with creating its own permanent monitoring office to ensure accountability continues. City Manager Jason Batchelor presented a proposed ordinance to create the Office of Public Safety Accountability to city […]
Aurora says decrease in street homelessness linked to shelter options
AURORA | For the second year in a row, the number of homeless people living on Aurora’s streets has declined as the city’s shelter capacity has increased. The 2026 Point in Time Count, an annual snapshot of homelessness in the seven-county Denver metro area, reports in Aurora there were 638 people in shelters on the […]
Tariffs, Iran War, AI and more leads to Aurora’s $20 million budget hole, officials say
AURORA | The city is facing a more than $20 million budget shortfall for 2027 due to declining revenues and increasing costs. Greg Hays, Aurora’s budget manager, told city council at a May 9 workshop that economic projections so far indicate the city will have a budget hole in excess of $20 million next year […]
EDITORIAL: Let Aurora shine a light on GEO ICE jail’s lack of transparency
Aurora city lawmakers are right to push for greater oversight of the GEO Group’s ICE immigration detention center, and they shouldn’t be cowed by critics who dismiss the effort as “performative.” The real performance has been the years-long pretense by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and GEO Group that the Aurora […]
OPED: Stop calling the Legislature’s RTD scheme ‘transit reform’
I still have my first bus pass. It’s on my wall, a symbol of the independence and freedom RTD gave me as a kid. I can close my eyes and trace the blue-and-white schedule pamphlets for the 38, 76, 44 and the D/C Line on the backs of my eyelids. I remember when RTD was […]
Aurora’s Colfax BRT project aims to improve bus capacity and frequency
AURORA | The Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project has made its way to Aurora, with construction on the improved bus route kicking off after a groundbreaking celebration last week. The bus rapid transit project, a collaboration between government agencies including the city and the Regional Transportation District, aims to increase bus capacity and frequency along […]
OPED: Stop calling the Legislature’s RTD scheme ‘transit reform’
I still have my first bus pass. It’s on my wall, a symbol of the independence and freedom RTD gave me as a kid. I can close my eyes and trace the blue-and-white schedule pamphlets for the 38, 76, 44 and the D/C Line on the backs of my eyelids. I remember when RTD was […]
OPED: Stop calling the Legislature’s RTD scheme ‘transit reform’
I still have my first bus pass. It’s on my wall, a symbol of the independence and freedom RTD gave me as a kid. I can close my eyes and trace the blue-and-white schedule pamphlets for the 38, 76, 44 and the D/C Line on the backs of my eyelids. I remember when RTD was […]