Metro
Colorado ed co-op that launched launched ‘public Christian school’ faces uncertain future
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | A public education co-op that launched a controversial ‘public Christian school’ in southern Colorado last year is losing support among its members. One of the group’s two member school districts, Elizabeth School District, withdrew from the co-op Tuesday. The second one, District 49, is expected to […]
Aurora closer to creating internal police, fire oversight office in wake of consent decree
AURORA | City council on Monday unanimously approved the creation of an Office of Public Safety Accountability, a permanent monitoring office to oversee police, fire, 911 and detention. The office’s duties will include investigating critical public safety incidents that result in serious injury or death, as well as ongoing reviews of public safety operations. It […]
Aurora fire rescue officials contain garage blaze, prevent spread to home, neighbors
AURORA | A house-garage fire damaged an Aurora home Tuesday night, displacing two adults, but firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading into the home and onto neighboring residence, Aurora Fire Rescue officials said. The fire was reported at about 5 p.m. in the 18300 block of East Cornell Place after neighbors called 911 to report […]
GEO Group challenges Colorado’s new immigration detention center inspection law
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The private company that operates the sole immigration detention center in Colorado sued state officials Monday over a new law that requires frequent health and safety inspections at the site. The GEO Group, which operates the 1,530-bed federal detention center in Aurora, filed the lawsuit […]
Trump administration alleges racial bias in Cherry Creek schools. District denies it
AURORA | The Trump administration’s Department of Education announced today it will investigate Cherry Creek schools district, alleging the district permits or sponsors a “wide range of racially discriminatory programming, according to a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announcement. School district officials rejected the claims. “We strongly disagree with the characterization of […]
State probes metro school for disabled students on improper restraints
This story was first published at Colorado Chalkbeat. DENVER | Mark Brostrom’s 11-year-old son was struggling in public school when his school district suggested what seemed like a better fit: a new specialized school near the family’s home. Brostrom remembers thinking that the Austin Centers for Exceptional Students in Westminster could offer the flexibility that […]
Green goes gray: Older folks in Colorado trying weed in record numbers for help with pain, sleep
This story was first published at KUNC News. DENVER | Willie Nelson excepted, it’s probably not an old dude’s face that pops to mind when you’re thinking of a typical marijuana user. But perhaps it should — older Americans have been getting into weed in record numbers in recent years. “We know that cannabis use is […]
Aurora shooting leaves 25-year-old man dead after argument in an alley
AURORA | An argument among a group of people early Sunday at an alley in northwest Aurora turned deadly when one person shot an unidentified man in the group and then left, police said. Officers were called to the alley between the 1400 blocks of Dallas and Clinton streets at about 4:30 a.m. after reports […]
Alcohol suspected in fatal Aurora crash that killed 1 early Sunday, police say
AURORA | Investigators say one or both drivers involved in a fatal car crash early Saturday in central Aurora may have been intoxicated. Police were called to the intersection of South Peoria Street and East Jewell Avenue at about 3 a.m. after reports of a car crash there. “The preliminary investigation has determined a Hyundai […]
Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper arrested on domestic violence charges
ENGLEWOOD | Denver Broncos outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper was jailed Friday on domestic violence charges. Cooper, 28, was held on suspicion of two counts of domestic violence and one count of criminal mischief, according to Douglas County jail records. He was arrested by Parker Police at 11:16 p.m. Thursday and booked into jail at 2:38 […]