Mike Coffman
Dem leaders Phil Weiser, Jason Crow endorse Omar Montgomery for Aurora mayor
AURORA | Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Phil Weiser and Congressman Jason Crow endorsed Omar Montgomery’s campaign to be Aurora’s next mayor. Montgomery announced his campaign for the 2027 election on Oct. 11, telling the Sentinel that he’s running because he wants to unify the city and make Aurora a destination for shopping, […]
Mayor Coffman calls for special meeting to reconsider Aurora data center moratorium
AURORA | Mayor Mike Coffman on Thursday called for a special Aurora City Council meeting to reconsider a data center moratorium. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday to discuss a proposal from Councilmember Amy Wiles for a potentially indefinite moratorium on accepting data center applications. Coffman said in a social media post that […]
New data center restrictions passed by Aurora lawmakers as issue creates regular controversy
AURORA | Local opposition to data centers continued to be a theme at Aurora’s Monday city council meeting, with several public commenters urging the city to pass new regulations to limit where the facilities can be built, or even ban them. The council, on a unanimous vote, approved an ordinance to prevent data centers from […]
Aurora Mayor Coffman seeks to halt Trident data center project after public backlash
AURORA | Mayor Mike Coffman is calling for a planned data center to be stopped after intense backlash from the local community who said they were blindsided by the project and raised concerns about health and environmental impacts. In a Facebook post, Coffman said he plans to call the Trident data center up for a […]
Aurora groundbreaking marks start of $9.3 million Nine Mile pedestrian bridge over Parker Road
AURORA | After years of promises, plans and urban renewal efforts near the intersection of Parker Road and Interstate 225, city officials, transportation representatives and developers celebrated the groundbreaking for the Nine Mile pedestrian bridge. The $9.3 million bridge is an important and eagerly-awaited piece of transit infrastructure that will connect housing and retail on […]
Aurora to lift Colfax BRT station arch during Havana Street watch party Monday
AURORA | It’s a big lift, but city officials say they’re up to it next week. A giant crane will lift one of Aurora’s new Colfax Bus Rapid Transit station arches into place Monday night as the city touts a milestone in the yearslong project. The Havana Street Arch Lift Watch Party is slated for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After years of planning, UN Heritage for Korean War Memorial unveiled in Aurora
AURORA | Few cities around the world could create and celebrate a Korean War memorial reflecting the nuance of the conflict that in so many ways matches the character of the U.S city home to the site. Aurora did. That was one of the key messages repeated Monday when nearly 200 elected and government officials, […]