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AURORA | Aurora lawmakers this week gave tentative approval to significantly tighten water restrictions beginning in early April, as officials warn the city faces a worsening drought, historically low snowpack and the possibility of rapidly shrinking water reserves. During a March 23 study session, city council...

“Sometimes you’ve just gotta pull the trigger,” says Matt Ciani, one of the co-owners of Englewood’s newest restaurant, the Barn South Broadway. For seventeen years, Ciani worked at Rio Grande Mexican, which is where he met his wife, Erin McCann Ciani, back when they were both in college and she was bartending at the...

After heated debate among Aurora City Council members in Monday night’s meeting, the council passed a resolution requiring a 72-hour notice before homeless encampment abatements. The resolution, brought forward by councilmember Rob Andrews, was approved to move forward in a recent study session, during which several...

AURORA | One of two teens meeting others in a car Monday evening at a central Aurora street corner was shot and seriously injured during the meet-up, police said. Police said an unidentified man, 18, and another teenager had arranged to meet with two people near East Louisiana and South Uvalda Street at about 4 p.m....

A man with a warrant for his arrest was caught napping in a stranger's attic in Wheat Ridge.

Two house fires in Englewood and Castle Rock kept firefighters racing across the south metro area Tuesday, sending columns of smoke over quiet residential streets and putting Front Range fire worries back in the spotlight. Crews stayed at both scenes for hours while neighbors looked on and emergency vehicles cycled...

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — A homicide suspect wanted in a fentanyl death from 2023 who had been on the run since January has been captured in Colombia. Max Arsenault, 33, was arrested in Medellin, Colombia, on March 4 by Colombian Migration authorities with assistance from the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service, according...

Aurora police say a 37-year-old man is at the center of what investigators describe as a mid-February retail theft rampage that pulled nearly $13,000 in merchandise off the shelves of big-box stores. Officers arrested Alfred Jones on March 19, but according to the department, he was released on a personal...

DENVER — An outdoor gear retailer is closing its doors after 26 years in Denver. Wilderness Exchange announced it will close its business on Sunday at Platte and 15th Street near Confluence Park. "For 26 years, we’ve had the privilege and honor of serving the Denver and greater Front...

A man was arrested after stealing nearly $13,000 worth of merchandise from businesses in Aurora.