Aurora
Juvenile arrested following fatal shooting of teenage girl in west Aurora Saturday night
AURORA | Police said an unidentified juvenile shot and killed a teenage girl Saturday night at a west Aurora apartment complex. Officers were called to what appears to be the Santana apartment complex on the 9800 block of East Alabama Drive at about 10:20 p.m. after reports of a shooting there. “When officers arrived, a […]
Griswold and Hickenlooper vow action on gun violence ahead of Colorado November vote
AURORA | Colorado attorney general candidate Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Sen. John Hickenlooper vowed to take more action to address gun violence and further regulate firearms at an Aurora panel discussion Friday. Joined by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Griswold, Hickenlooper, Colorado Rep. Monica Duran and Bianka Emerson, president of Colorado Black Women for […]
SENTINEL MUSE: Love is in the air, and on all kinds of stages and venues in and near Aurora
AURORA | Here’s your chance to marvel at a couple who just mailed it in. Get out of the heat and into the Vintage Theatre before the end of the month to spend time with Jack and Louise, who build a love for each other through letters on opposite ends of the country during World […]
SENTINEL MUSE: Love is in the air, and on all kinds of stages and venues in and near Aurora
AURORA | Here’s your chance to marvel at a couple who just mailed it in. Get out of the heat and into the Vintage Theatre before the end of the month to spend time with Jack and Louise, who build a love for each other through letters on opposite ends of the country during World […]
QUIDNUNC: Big dis-Harmony over having to put up with lifestyles of Aurora’s little people
QUID HAS HEARD that there’s no present like the time it takes to think up things in Aurora that go grump in the night. Seems that one of the many wonders of the third-largest city in Colorado this week goes to the folks living in the northeast part of town in the Harmony tract-housing development […]
Aurora replacing Great Lawn at Aurora city hall with drought-tolerant ‘Bermudagrass’
AURORA | Aurora is replacing the Great Lawn at the Aurora Municipal Center with drought-tolerant Bermudagrass as part of a citywide effort to reduce water use and improve the sustainability of its parks, city officials said Wednesday. The city’s Parks, Recreation and Open Space Department, working with contractor Elite Industries, started the conversion this week […]
ALL ABOARD: Town hall explains how to join any of 22 Aurora boards and commissions
AURORA | Want to help plan the future of Aurora’s libraries or give input about water conservation? Now is the chance — the city is hosting an informational town hall and recruiting volunteers for several boards and commissions that have open seats. The town hall, scheduled for 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at […]
EDITORIAL: The time to get answers about the Aurora GEO ICE jail TB infection is now
The Aurora City Council this week rightly tabbed the tuberculosis case at the GEO ICE detention facility a public health crisis and not part of the local and national immigration debate. Details reported by The Sentinel are alarming enough to warrant immediate attention, even at a time of endless national distractions and chaos. Adams County […]
Aurora crime rate drops 10.5% in first half of 2026. Chief credits technology, focus
AURORA | In the first half of 2026, the city’s crime rate, including property and violent crimes, dropped 10.5%, continuing a two-year decline, police reported today. From January to June, violent crime has decreased 9% and property crime is down 11%, representing 665 fewer victims than the same timeframe last year, according to the Aurora […]
No movement on Aurora’s Eagle County Whitney Reservoir proposal after six years
This story was first published at the Vail Daily. VAIL | It’s been more than six years since Aurora and Colorado Springs’ proposed Whitney Reservoir concept first surfaced with a raging controversy over test drilling for a dam on U.S. Forest Service land in the Homestake Creek Valley near Red Cliff in southeastern Eagle County. […]