Aurora
Proposal to limit ‘socioeconomic impact’ business density returns to Aurora City Council
AURORA | A controversial proposal to limit the number of businesses in Aurora that some say pose health and safety risks to neighborhoods is back at city council Monday night for a first vote. Lawmakers have so far consistently supported moving forward with a so-called socioeconomic impact permit proposal, which would restrict certain businesses, such as […]
New Aurora data center regulations up for discussion this Monday
AURORA | City council will discuss on Monday potential data center regulations to address water usage and limit facilities from being located in certain areas. One proposed regulation would ban evaporative cooling, which is a type of cooling system data centers use that can be water-intensive, in multifamily, industrial and commercial buildings. The other would […]
Aurora voters invited to share views on $264 million bond proposals for election ‘blue book’
AURORA | The city will be accepting supporting and opposing comments for the proposed city sales-tax increases on Aurora ballots this November. The comments collected by the city will be summarized for voters in an election guide commonly known as the “blue book,” which is mailed out ahead of the election. The blue book includes […]
Cross Country: Aurora City Championship meet history
Boys and girls team and individual champions for the Aurora City Championship cross country meet since 1981.
Aurora city council committee votes to oppose fentanyl ballot measure Prop 132
AURORA | The Aurora City Council may officially oppose a November ballot measure to increase penalties for fentanyl possession and distribution after the council’s government relations committee took a position against the proposition. On Thursday, the committee voted 2-1 to pass a resolution opposing Proposition 132, a ballot measure that would set mandatory minimums for […]
Colorado sues GEO Group over tuberculosis investigation in Aurora
AURORA | Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser sued the GEO Group on Wednesday, seeking to force the private GEO Group that operates the Aurora ICE detention center to comply with a state public health order requiring the jail to release details about a confirmed tuberculosis case at the facility. The lawsuit, filed in Adams County […]
Cops credit Flock cameras in arrest linked to fatal hit-and-run of cyclist in Aurora
AURORA | Police credited the city’s Flock camera system after an Aurora man turned himself in and was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run last month that killed a cyclist. Jamie Gardner, 53, turned himself into the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. He faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting […]
Aurora recruiting its first police, fire ‘accountability’ monitor
AURORA | The city is starting to recruit its first public safety accountability monitor to establish a new office meant to be a watchdog over police, fire, 911 and detention. The job application for the manager of the recently created Office of Public Safety Accountability will open on Aug. 24. The city is working with […]
Aurora immigration detention operator misses state tuberculosis health order deadline
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The private company that runs Colorado’s only immigration detention center missed a compliance deadline set by the state’s health department to provide information about a recent tuberculosis case in the Aurora facility. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a public health order on the […]
ICE owes local hospital nearly $4 million for care provided to Aurora immigrant detainees
This story was first published at CPR News. DENVER | Since last fall, the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora says they have provided roughly 150 hospital admissions, clinic appointments and emergency visits — totaling almost $4 million in expected reimbursements — for immigrants detained by the Department of Homeland Security. They haven’t been […]