Aurora
Colorado to select ‘Workforce Pell’ programs by Aug. 15 for low-income students statewide
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Low-income students in Colorado will soon be eligible for short-term job training through an expansion of Pell Grants, the federal program that provides need-based aid for higher education. But it’s unclear whether the new Workforce Pell program will deliver quick access to high-wage, high-demand careers, as […]
Metro postal workers protest potential threats they say Trump poses to mail delivery, voting
AURORA | The U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player in the midterm elections. Postal workers in and near Aurora are making clear they’re energized to move into the public spotlight. “People depend on the Post Office, and they like it,” Denver area postal worker Steve Brown told the Sentinel last week during […]
GEO immigration detention operator claims new state law unfairly targets Aurora site
DENVER | Lawyers for the private company that runs Colorado’s only immigration detention center told a judge that a new state law is unfairly discriminatory and should be struck down. The GEO Group sued the state over House Bill 26-1276, a new law that requires more frequent health and safety inspections inside immigration detention centers and allows the […]
Accidental garage fire displaces 4 people, dogs, cats and iguana in Aurora. No injuries
AURORA | Four people and several pets were displaced after an accidental garage fire damaged a home in central Aurora on Saturday night. No injuries were reported, according to Aurora Fire Rescue. Residents at a house on the 14000 block of East Baltic Place said they were awakened at about 9 p.m. by a fire […]
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 […]