Metro
Colorado Prop 134 would ban the few transgender students who play school sports
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | She started playing basketball in Colorado in fourth grade. Basketball was her whole life, her mother said. She made all of her friends through the teams she played on throughout her childhood. She spent her high school career on the girl’s basketball team, an average […]
Denver reports 1st human West Nile Virus case this year, reminding metro area still at risk
AURORA | Denver health officials on Monday confirmed that city’s first confirmed human case of West Nile virus this year, prompting reminders that mosquito-borne illness remains a risk even in the fall. Arapahoe County confirmed one case this year so far, among about 40 reported so far this year statewide. Denver health officials said mosquitoes […]
UCHealth University Hospital in Aurora beefs up security after oxygen supply interference
This story was first published at CPR news. DENVER | Colorado’s largest hospital is beefing up protections around critical infrastructure after someone intentionally interfered with its oxygen supply. The incident happened September 3 at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, when someone gained access to its oxygen storage area and disrupted supply to the […]
New AdventHealth ER, medical campus in Aurora Highlands will start seeing patients next week
AURORA | Urgent, emergency and other healthcare expands this week into new communities in northeast Aurora as AdventHealth opens a new medical campus in the Aurora Highlands. The 88,000-square-foot AdventHealth Aurora Highlands campus, 3405 N. Main St. in the Aurora Highlands, celebrated an opening this week and is slated to begin seeing patients next week. […]
Evergreen parents seek answers over gun access in fatal shooting anniversary
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. DENVER | The parents whose children were at Evergreen High School when a 16-year-old opened fire, injuring two and then fatally shooting himself, still have a lot of questions about how and why it happened. In the year […]
Arapahoe County inmate and defense lawyer accused of smuggling drugs into jail
AURORA | An Arapahoe County Jail inmate and his defense attorney face multiple charges linked to allegations that they sneaked meth and marijuana into the jail and distributed it to other inmates, prosecutors said Friday. Investigators say that while inmate Dominic Villanueba was being held in the Arapahoe County jail earlier this year, his defense […]
SENTINEL MUSE: Fall guffaws mix with autumn melodies and memories across the metroplex
AURORA | If you can’t cry then laugh, or maybe do both this weekend as the fall theater season in and near Aurora gets underway. Guffaw your way through the cheeky champion “The Producers” at the Vintage Theatre, or hold your own hands tight as real life unfolds among the “greasers” in “The Outsiders” at […]
Police seek tips after man found shot, injured on Clinton Street in northwest Aurora
AURORA | Police are looking for leads into who shot and injured a man yesterday afternoon found lying on a northwest Aurora street. Officers were called to the 1900 block of Clinton Street at about 2 p.m. after reports of a man lying in the street. Rescuers determined the man had been shot and he […]
Aurora to lift Colfax BRT station arch during Havana Street watch party Monday
AURORA | It’s a big lift, but city officials say they’re up to it next week. A giant crane will lift one of Aurora’s new Colfax Bus Rapid Transit station arches into place Monday night as the city touts a milestone in the yearslong project. The Havana Street Arch Lift Watch Party is slated for […]
Aurora City Council nears public decorum rule changes after months of debate
AURORA | After months of wrangling, City Council policy changes about who gets to publicly address the council and for how long came closer to becoming law Monday, but some rulemaking over council decorum changes got pushed back again. City council members, primarily through a council committee, have had heated debates for months over how […]