Metro
Stolen car recovered, juveniles detained after East Colfax motel stand-off
AURORA | Following a stand-off at an East Colfax motel, Aurora police detained four juveniles Thursday in connection with an armed carjacking. According to Aurora Police Deputy Chief Michael Gaskill, a man reported Wednesday afternoon that four people assaulted him and stole his car, firing a gun at him as he ran away. The man […]
Teen arrested for stealing car, crashing in Aurora school parking lot, tossing Molotov cocktails
AURORA | Police arrested an Aurora 17-year-old boy after he drove a stolen car through a school parking lot and then barricaded himself in his home. On Tuesday, Aurora Police responded to Cherokee Trail High School after reports that the boy stole his mother’s car and drove recklessly through the parking lot, hitting a parked […]
Colorado districts launch online programs to compete with statewide schools
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Kurt Clay, assistant superintendent in the Delta County school district, was alarmed last year to learn that 138 students had left his western Colorado district for public online schools. With them […]
Denver runway fatality reveals a weakness in DIA security
DENVER | In less than three minutes, an intruder exploited a security gap at one of the nation’s busiest airports and stepped into the path of an airplane hurtling down a Colorado runway with 231 people aboard. The 41-year-old man slipped unnoticed past motion detectors in a remote corner of Denver International Airport, which sprawls […]
Gun scare at Overland High School ends in student’s arrest, no injuries reported
AURORA | A 17-year-old boy was spotted with a handgun at Overland High School Wednesday morning, chased down a hallway and tackled by staff members and eventually arrested by a school resource officers. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, Aurora police said in a social media post. Police said others students in […]
Former CCA President Betsy Oudenhoven honored as president emeritus
AURORA | The Community College of Aurora has named former college president Betsy Oudenhoven president emeritus, honoring her leadership in expanding equity initiatives and securing long-term investments that continue to shape the college. The designation was announced May 9 during the college’s commencement ceremony. The president emeritus title is reserved for leaders whose influence extends […]
HOLD THE PHONE: Aurora schools scrolling through student phone policies
AURORA | Aurora Hills Middle School teacher Tracie Jansen, for the most part, has her students work on classroom assignments with pencils and paper. The old school technology in her sixth-and-seventh-grade language arts class, free of cell phones, has breathed new life into the classroom, she said. “My students are more engaged and enabled to […]
Colorado bill would require quick release of police-shooting videos to families
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Video and audio footage showing a police officer’s deadly use of force would need to be released to the family of the person killed under a bill on track to pass the Colorado Legislature. The Colorado House of Representatives gave preliminary approval to Senate Bill 26-290 on […]
Federal judge rules ICE in Colorado violated order limiting warrantless arrests
DENVER | A federal judge ruled Tuesday that immigration officers in Colorado have violated his order limiting when they can arrest people without a warrant. U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have violated his November order that barred them from arresting anyone without a warrant unless they had […]
DIA security initially missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway
FORT COLLINS | Workers at Denver airport initially missed a security breach by a 41-year-old man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed by a plane in a fiery collision, authorities said Tuesday. The runway fatality underscores the longstanding challenge of keeping intruders out of major […]