Aurora CO

The City of Aurora has agreed to hold in-person City Council meetings with one-hour public comment periods for three years as part of a settlement with activists who have been demanding more action in response to the death of an unarmed Black man in 2024. MiDian Shofner (who used her...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Denver, Colorado – Snow-covered lanes along I-70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel are already slowing traffic early Wednesday, and heavier bursts through midday could drop visibility below a half mile across the...

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — Very rarely do you physically witness gas prices increasing. Cell phone in hand near the corner of Arapahoe Road and Syracuse Street, I recorded video of the QuikTrip showing its price at $2.89 per gallon for unleaded gas. Then I panned across the street to show the sign at the Valero -...

Denver police are asking for the public's help to track down 36-year-old Vincent Flournoy, who investigators say is wanted on aggravated robbery and attempted first degree murder charges. In a recent "Mug Shot Monday" alert, the department listed his date of birth as December 7, 1989, and described him as 6-foot-1...

ICE raids have ramped up in intensity in 2026, with the agency’s detainee population reaching an all-time high of over 70,000 individuals earlier this year. This has prompted many activists to push back against the controversial agency, with one example recently taking place in Lakewood, Colorado, where dozens of...

Mayor Mike Johnston is pushing back sharply against the claim by Denver councilmembers and bike activists that the city succumbed to lobbying pressure in revising a “road diet” plan for East Alameda Avenue, while noting that his own commute time has tripled. He also said he’s worried that restricting road lanes would...

A thief walked away with 17 bowling balls from a Denver professional’s front porch last week, hauling away about 255 pounds of equipment worth about $4,500.

This has been a tough time for independent bookstores, with West Side Books shrinking both its size and focus, and the Bookies changing hands…again. And then last month, Kwame Spearman started a new chapter when he opened the Denver Book Society, a bookstore at 1700 Humboldt Street, and in the process started a war...

Aurora officials and activist MiDian Holmes (Shofner) announced a settlement Monday in a First Amendment lawsuit filed by Holmes almost a year ago. The lawsuit claimed the decision by Aurora City Council members to end public comment pending a decision in the Kilyn Lewis family lawsuit was unconstitutional. Under the...

The suspect robbed both employees and customers before a staff member was able to wrestle the weapon away and hold the suspect at bay until police arrived.