Over 700 Colorado Workers to Be Laid Off After USPS Contract Ends
More than 700 Colorado workers will be laid off after a USPS contractor lost its contract at the Denver Regional Transfer Hub.
Westminster police say others heard gunshots in deadly shooting, but didn’t call authorities
A man was found dead in a parking lot in the Denver metro area hours after police say he was shot.
State officials are ‘unlikely’ to pursue monetary penalties after bad fuel sold across metro...
Hundreds of drivers across the Denver metro area are taking their vehicles to repair shops this week after filling up with contaminated gasoline.
ICE shooting in Minnesota sparks protests across Colorado
DENVER — The fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis has set off protests and vigils across the country and around Colorado amid growing public anger over aggressive ICE operations. Friday night, a crowd carrying signs with messages criticizing ICE and the federal government's...
Colorado ‘un santuario’ for drug activity, DEA chief says
Colorado’s “sanctuary” laws, notably its prohibition against cooperating with federal authorities, are having a “chilling effect” on law enforcement’s ability to go after drug cartels operating in the state, an official of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said. That situation sits atop Colorado’s “pervasive...
Proposed Aurora resolution rebukes ICE actions, calls for solidarity with Minneapolis
AURORA | Aurora city lawmakers will consider a resolution Monday night condemning the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, as well as local issues regarding ICE in Aurora. The resolution, slated for consideration at the Aurora City Council meeting, is sponsored by Councilmember Alison Coombs. The...
Police seek man accused of exposing himself at Aurora apartment complexes
Investigators are asking the public for information on a suspect accused of exposing himself and touching women at apartment complexes in Aurora.
EDITORIAL: Don’t backtrack on Aurora’s big strides
Aurora already has been down the well-beaten path toward urban despair. Crime, both serious and petty, proliferated in some neighborhoods in the not-too-distant past. The city’s streets teemed with chronically homeless substance abusers, who littered public spaces with their tent camps and their very public use of...
Former CO Paramedic Appeals Conviction in Ketamine Death
A former Aurora firefighter-paramedic is asking the Colorado Court of Appeals to overturn his conviction for criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Jeremy Cooper, a former Aurora Fire Rescue lieutenant, was convicted for administering a fatal dose of ketamine to McClain, a 23-year-old...
Denver, Aurora target youth tobacco sales, mile-high city ban began Jan. 1
Denver began enforcing this month a ban on flavored tobacco in the city, and Aurora also is considering regulations on tobacco vapes, hookahs and hemp. Aurora will discuss a proposed ordinance during its study session Jan. 12. The legislation is sponsored by Stephanie Hancock and Ruben Medina, who are on opposite...
