Aurora
Niagara Bottling buys water from Greeley to avoid Aurora drought violation
AURORA | In order to meet a city-ordered reduced water allocation due to drought, Aurora’s biggest water user, Niagara Bottling, purchased additional supply from Greeley. Earlier this summer, Aurora Water warned Niagara that the company was on track to exceed its annual water allocation, which had been reduced 20% by drought restrictions. The company never […]
Proposed Trident data center proposal in northeast sparks anger among residents
AURORA | Monday’s Aurora City Council meeting featured three hours of public comment opposing what would be Colorado’s largest data center. Around 100 residents of The Reserve, a local senior housing community, and the surrounding Windler and Green Valley Ranch neighborhoods attended the meeting to voice their concerns and disagreement with the planned Trident data […]
Flock police cameras expand to nine Aurora high schools amid privacy debates
AURORA | The push to install Flock police cameras outside nine Aurora schools over the last year has turned into a picture-perfect illustration of how popular the cameras are — and aren’t. Aurora police have become solid proponents of the controversial cameras and license plate readers, regularly crediting the ability to quickly spot crimes and […]
Aurora neighbors plan to flood City Council Monday to protest massive Trident data center
AURORA | Residents of The Reserve, a local senior housing community, and the surrounding Windler and Green Valley Ranch neighborhoods are coming together to oppose what would be Colorado’s largest data center. Neighborhood organizers plan to have about 100 people attend Monday’s Aurora City Council meeting to voice their concerns and disagreement with the planned […]
Aurora lawmakers consider council rebuke of Colorado’s Prop 132 fentanyl prison measure
AURORA | Aurora lawmakers will decide tonight whether to ask voters to vote down a statewide proposition to impose minimum and mandated prison sentences for fentanyl users caught with the drug in their possession. “Targeting those with addiction for, not even having a milligram (of fentanyl) in their possession, and saying that ‘automatically qualifies them […]
Aurora man killed Friday after being struck by two cars on South Peoria Street
AURORA | A 35-year-old man was struck by two cars Friday night and killed while crossing mid-block on South Peoria Street, police said. Officers were called to the intersection of South Peoria Street and East Tennessee Avenue at about 8:15 p.m. after reports of a pedestrian hit by a car. “When officers arrived at the […]
Colorado power grid upgrades part of $2B push to prevent blackouts, address data center worries
AURORA | Colorado will receive $250 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade a key power transmission connection between Colorado and Texas, state and federal energy officials announced from Aurora yesterday. The grant is part of a U.S. Energy Department project spending about $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of […]
Detainees recount stories of alleged medical neglect, abuses at Aurora GEO ICE immigration jail
AURORA | Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the ICE detention facility Wednesday night in Aurora to hear accounts of alleged abuse from people detained inside the center. The press conference and protest focused on copies of complaints alleging civil rights violations, medical neglect, and lack of access to adequate nutrition by people who were held […]
Drones could replace fireworks at Aurora’s Independence Day festival in 2027
AURORA | Aurora’s Fourth of July Spectacular might look a little different next year as the city council could switch away from the traditional fireworks display to a drone show. On Thursday, council members at the September parks and recreation committee meeting voiced support for forgoing a fireworks display and instead having a drone show […]
Detainees recount stories of alleged medical neglect, abuses at Aurora GEO ICE immigration jail
AURORA | Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the ICE detention facility Wednesday night in Aurora to hear accounts of alleged abuse from people detained inside the center. The press conference and protest focused on copies of complaints alleging civil rights violations, medical neglect, and lack of access to adequate nutrition by people who were held […]