Aurora
Aurora restaurants Annette, Dân Dã honored in latest Colorado Michelin guide
AURORA | Two Aurora restaurants have been lauded in the most recent Colorado Michelin Guide. Annette, a wood-fired American restaurant and cocktail bar at the Stanley Marketplace, received a Bib Gourmand honor. Dân Dã, a Vietnamese restaurant in Aurora, received a 2026 Restaurant Recommendation, according to Visit Aurora, the city’s tourism organization. The recognitions were […]
Fast response contains fire at North Aurora strip mall unit
AURORA | An Aurora industrial strip mall unit was damaged Saturday night after a fire broke out but was contained quickly by firefighters. Firefighters were called about 6 p.m. to reports of a fire at a commercial strip mall unit in the 300 block of Norfolk Street in north Aurora. Rescuers reported seeing smoke coming […]
Aurora faces $10.2 million in budget cuts for 2027. Furloughs, court changes in store
AURORA | The city is bracing for a 2027 budget that will require $10.2 million in cuts to spending, but will avoid staff layoffs. The proposed cuts will include five furlough days for staff and reductions in recreation subsidies and training and travel budgets, as well as the end of prosecuting domestic violence cases at […]
Aurora police arrest woman for ‘blessing scam’ jewelry theft in parking lot of grocery store
AURORA | Police say an elderly woman was the victim of a “blessing scam” in the parking lot of an Aurora grocery store, losing a valuable necklace to thieves, one of which has been arrested. Police say Carolina Pavel, 29, of Denver, was arrested Thursday and faces charges of theft and crimes against an at-risk […]
Aurora man faces child porn charges after 2-year exploitation social media investigation
AURORA | An Aurora man was arrested Thursday linked to a 2024 investigation into the sharing of child sexual abuse material through a messaging app, police said. Brandon William Cross, 39, was arrested Sept. 3 by the Aurora Police fugitive unit on a warrant linked to charges of sexual exploitation of a child, police spokesperson […]
EDITORIAL: It’s accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp
It’s no longer just a barbed social media meme to insist the Trump administration has turned the nation’s stock of immigrant detention centers into concentration camps. As you read this, and right here in Aurora, people are illegally confiscated and rounded up, denied their constitutional rights regarding search and seizure and habeas corpus, held without […]
Aurora seeks public input on Fitzsimons district transportation plans
AURORA | Aurora is seeking feedback on future transportation options in the Fitzsimons District, which surrounds the Anschutz Medical Campus and the Fitzsimons Innovation Community. In partnership with the Denver Regional Council of Governments, the city is conducting the Fitzsimons Transportation Solutions Study to evaluate how people travel through the area, as well as what […]
Temporary protections in limbo for Salvadoran immigrants — 4K in Aurora — as deadline nears
MIAMI | Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador — including more than 4,000 in Aurora — was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries. The Temporary Protected Status […]
Federal Heights man convicted of murder in 2023 shootings at Aurora bar, park and home
AURORA | A jury convicted a Federal Heights man murder and attempted murder charges, for a series of shootings in 2023, including one that killed a man at Pitcher’s Sports Bar in Aurora. After a four-week trial, Nelson Francisco Miranda-Rivas, 29, was found guilty of murder, several counts of attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, […]
Drunken driver hits police car responding to Prairie Middle School fight, police say
AURORA | A unidentified 32-year-old man faces drunken driving and other charges after crashing into a police car rushing to a call at a local middle school Tuesday afternoon. Police said two officers were en route to Prairie Middle School in west Aurora at about 4 p.m. running both lights and sirens after school officials […]