Tag: Aurora
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Defeated council members miscast Aurora | Pius Kamau
Like my neighbors, I’m proud of the city where I have lived for some three decades. It is enough time to see some two lane streets morph into five lane traffic arteries. I worked in the then-two small community hospitals before one swallowed up the other and got big; when slumbering Fitzsimons Army Medical Center awakened…
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Aurora to hold first meeting under new public comment rules, vote on homelessness funding
The Aurora City Council will hold its first meeting under new rules for public comment Monday night, giving the public one hour at the beginning of the meeting and one hour at the end to speak to councilmembers. Under the old council, there was a separate public comment session before the meeting in which each…
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Aurora homicide suspect arrested in Utah after multi-agency search
Aurora police announced the arrest of an Aurora homicide suspect in Utah Thursday after a multi-agency search, according to a press release from the Aurora Police Department Friday. Members of the Salt Lake City FBI Field Office and the U.S. Marshals Violent Crime Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team arrested Eric Douglas, 32, in Sigurd, Utah. The…
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Plan to drill, frack under Aurora Reservoir postponed
Following five days of public comment and deliberation, the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission voted to postpone indefinitely the next well pad application in the Lowry Ranch oil and gas plan. The vote to “stay” — or indefinitely postpone until a condition is met — passed 4-1 this week, suspending the application until Civitas’…
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COLUMN: Turning Aurora’s strength into jobs, growth
Ask a typical voter what “economic development” means and you’ll often get the same answer: a vague sense of backroom deals, developers in suits, and politicians cutting ribbons in front of buildings most residents will never walk into. It’s easy, in that fog, to assume the winners are always the “big guys” and the losers…
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Police arrest Aurora man with over 400,000 child abuse photos, videos
Police arrested an Aurora man last week on suspicion of possessing more than 400,000 photos and videos of child sexual abuse material. Michael Lozano, 52, was arrested December 4 and faces eight felony charges of sexual exploitation of a child, according to a Wednesday news release from the Aurora Police Department. The FBI first learned…
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Divided 10th Circuit rules bank customer must arbitrate discrimination-related claims
The Denver-based federal appeals court ruled on Monday that a mandatory arbitration clause in the fine print of a customer’s bank account agreement prohibited her from pursuing claims of racial discrimination in court. Jeanetta Vaughn filed suit against JPMorgan Chase after the manager of its South Buckley Road branch in Aurora called the police on…
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Aurora launches down payment assistance program through Prop 123
The city of Aurora launched a new real estate down payment assistance program through Colorado Proposition 123, helping city residents achieve homeownership. Aurora officials announced the program in a news release Tuesday, saying the program will cover between 4% and 10% of the purchase price for qualifying homebuyers. The assistance is a loan, and must…
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Aurora woman hit, killed while crossing street
An Aurora woman was killed Sunday after being hit by a truck while crossing the street, according to an Aurora Police Department news release Monday morning. Officers responded to the crash, at the intersection of South Oak Hill Way and East Smoky Hill Road, southwest of Aurora Reservoir, alongside reports of the Aurora woman killed,…
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Aurora to illuminate tree, ring in the holidays in annual festival
Aurora will illuminate the city’s Christmas tree with thousands of light strands and ring in the holiday season Tuesday night with activities for all ages. The city’s annual holiday tree lighting event takes place at the Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy. from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Admission is free. Before and…