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Mordecai Brownlee to step down in December as president of Community College of Aurora
AURORA | Mordecai Brownlee will step down as president of the Community College of Aurora at the end of the fall semester, the Colorado Community College System announced Tuesday. Brownlee’s final day as president of CCA will be Dec. 31. “Dr. Brownlee has provided extraordinary leadership to CCA and has made a lasting impact on […]
New Stanley Marketplace owners, Magnetic Capital, promise to preserve center’s character
AURORA | The Stanley Marketplace’s new owners say they finalized the purchase of the Aurora icon yesterday to preserve it, not to change it. The sale to Magnetic Capital, first announced in May, closed Aug. 31. Final terms were not disclosed, but the reported purchase price was about $40 million when it was announced earlier […]
More Colorado schools exit ‘accountability clock’ with performance gains, including Aurora Central
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Fewer schools are on Colorado’s watchlist for low performance this year, according to preliminary data released Monday by the Colorado Department of Education. More than 50 schools exited what Colorado calls the accountability clock, so named because it ticks toward state intervention. They include Abraham Lincoln […]
Aurora seeks resident input on potential gas station buffer zones
AURORA | The city is seeking feedback from residents over whether to implement gas station buffers to prevent new developments from locating near residences or congregating near one another. Comments can be submitted online at EngageAurora.org/GasStations through Oct. 31 on four different buffer proposals. The proposed options are a quarter-mile or half-mile buffer around existing […]
Aurora Pride and Latino Pride draw crowds to Winged Melody Park in Aurora Highlands
AURORA | After postponing some of last year’s event for safety concerns, Aurora Pride and Latino Pride returned this year with crowds celebrating on Saturday at the Winged Melody Park in the Highlands neighborhood. Latino Pride organizer Jose Pablo Martinez said the event is more important than ever because of the bigotry the LGBTQ+ and […]
Aurora lawmakers consider limits on food trucks to ease complaints of crowding, storage
AURORA | City lawmakers are divided over potential food truck regulations because of the disparate impacts the mobile eateries have depending on which part of the city they’re in. On the eastern side of Aurora, Ward 2 has a lot of new development planned, but it does not have prospects for new grocery stores or […]
Family struggled to locate Aurora ICE detainee from Washington released into the wrong state
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Rudy Villeda Mejía, who spent just over four months in immigration detention in Aurora, is home with his family in northern Washington state. His journey home was drawn out, as his family and attorney struggled to locate him when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released […]
Sentinel Colorado wins state journalism awards for public service, social justice, editorials
AURORA | Sentinel Colorado took home five statewide journalism awards Saturday, competing against the largest media organizations in the state. Sentinel journalists were tabbed for the Colorado Press Association’s coveted Public Service award, this year for a series of stories, opinion columns and house editorials focusing on abuses of the public by the Aurora Police […]
Colorado River District warns of unequal impacts from new conservation program
ASPEN | Western Slope water managers are raising concerns that the legal tools used under Colorado’s new conservation program could cause negative impacts to local communities and the state’s agricultural industry. In a letter to the state water board, the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District said it is concerned that the legal mechanisms […]
SENTINEL MUSE: Aurora Pride festival leads a busy weekend of shows, fun and events
Aurora Pride 2026 at Winged Melody Park Aurora Pride returns as a large-scale celebration of LGBTQ+ culture, identity and community, with the 2026 festival moving to Winged Melody Park at The Aurora Highlands. The free, all-ages event brings together live music, drag performers, DJs, artists, craft vendors, food and family activities. Aurora Pride is partnering […]