Aurora remembers 12 dead, 70 injured as 14 years pass since tragic theater shooting
AURORA | Monday marks 14 years since a catastrophic mass shooting at an Aurora theater killed 12 people, injured 70 and tore apart the lives of surviving family members. “My heart aches for each of the victims killed in this terrible tragedy. Their loss has impacted their families and communities forever, and I know th
An Aurora church exploited homeless people to bill Medicaid. Now it’s under scrutiny.
Two regional Seventh-day Adventist conferences that oversee the activities of its member churches across several states have launched inquiries into an Aurora-based congregation tied to a Medicaid operation that exploited the homeless. The Rocky Mountain Conference and the Central States Conference of the Seventh-day A
Gunfire Rips Through Cherry Creek Reservoir Crowd, Leaving 1 Dead and 8 Hurt
Local outlets report that at least one person was killed and eight others were wounded after gunfire erupted near Cherry Creek Reservoir on Monday evening. The shooting came just as the reservoir and swim beach were filling up for summer, leaving nearby neighborhoods and park users rattled while investigators work to s
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Drugs, cash seized in major Northglenn drug bust
The investigation of a home led to a major drug seizure by police, according to a social media post from the Northglenn Police Department on Monday afternoon.
Apartment conversions are expensive and tricky. This old Denver Tech Center building pulled it...
Keren Staves was among the first to move into one of the newest apartment buildings in Denver’s south suburbs. The special education teacher moved from New Orleans with her two children for a job in North Denver. “I got the job and maybe like two weeks after getting the...
Denver temperature could hit 101 degrees Monday in potential hottest day of year
All that heat over the past few weeks is nothing compared with what Denver may face Monday. In what the National Weather Service is saying could be the hottest day of the year along the Front Range, Denver, along with several other cities, is slated to potentially hit 101 degrees. That mark would come four […]
There Is A Beautiful Rose Garden In Colorado Most People Don’t Know About
Great gardens sometimes hide in plain, ordinary residential neighborhoods. This one sits among the houses of a Colorado suburb, and I found it purely by accident on a warm summer afternoon. The sheer wash of color stopped me cold on the sidewalk as hundreds of roses bloomed around a lion-head...
Denver and Aurora aren’t hitting their water goals — but they’re not panicking either
Denver Water’s 1.5 million customers are using less water than usual, but it’s still not enough to meet the utility’s goal of reducing water consumption by 20% amid this year’s drought. “We’d need to be at 10,300 acre-feet of savings. Instead, we are at 1,300 acre-feet...
Aurora holding public meetings to update housing strategy amid growing shortage
AURORA | The city is holding a series of meetings to gather feedback from residents on a proposed housing strategy to address future growth and development. City officials are working on updating the Aurora Housing Strategy, which identifies the city’s housing priorities and opportunities and guides future decisions. T
