Cherry Creek hires search firm for new superintendent
The Cherry Creek School District board earlier this week approved a nearly $30,000 contract with McPherson & Jacobson to conduct a national superintendent search. The measure was unanimously passed on Monday without discussion. Founded in 1991, McPherson & Jacobson is an executive recruitment firm for public organizati
HD 41: Primary voters choose between two local experienced elected leaders for Dem nominee
Democratic primary voters in House District 41, which covers a portion of central Aurora, will decide between incumbent Rep. Jamie Jackson and challenger Anne Keke this June. Jackson is a Denver native who moved to Aurora in 2010. She is the founder and CEO of Premier Senior Support and she was appointed to represent H
Explore the sights, sounds and tastes of the world at Aurora Fest on Saturday
The free festival celebrating Aurora's international community starts Saturday at 3PM, at the Aurora Municipal Center's Great Lawn.
Jefferson County judge gives probationary sentence to driver who killed cyclist
Every seat was taken inside a Jefferson County courtroom on Wednesday afternoon, as loved ones of a cyclist hit and killed last year attended the sentencing hearing for the man who was driving.
Suspected hit-and-run driver found eating watermelon out of stranger’s fridge
A suspect in a DUI wrong-way crash was arrested after fleeing to a nearby home and eating watermelon from a stranger's fridge in Lone Tree.
Contemporary home a rarity in Denver’s Country Club
Denver’s Country Club neighborhood is a trove of traditional architecture dating from the 1910s and 1920s. But agent Ann Atkinson with LIV Sotheby’s International has a rare, contemporary home in Country Club that happens to be the least expensive one on the market now in the historic district. At 350 N. Marion St. she
Aurora voters to decide on sales tax hike to fund projects
Aurora voters will decide in November whether to raise sales taxes for the first time since 1993 to help pay for infrastructure, transportation and public safety improvements. If voters approved the tax increase, the money will go toward “Build Up Aurora” to fund projects that include construction of Gun Club Road, upd
DU moves to combine some colleges, cut staff amid declining enrollment
The University of Denver is working on a restructuring, as it looks to design itself for years ahead.
Denver landlord says tenant with long criminal history left her home unlivable
Police records show Heather Ruybal is notorious in Colorado and Texas for a flood of evictions over a stretch spanning nearly two decades. A Denver landlord said her house was left contaminated.
Aurora closer to creating internal police, fire oversight office in wake of consent decree
AURORA | City council on Monday unanimously approved the creation of an Office of Public Safety Accountability, a permanent monitoring office to oversee police, fire, 911 and detention. The office’s duties will include investigating critical public safety incidents that result in serious injury or death, as well as ong
