Tag: Aurora
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Aurora communication policy changes raise concerns for public safety, press freedom
Proponents argue arestees have a right to privacy until adjudicated An Aurora City Council decision to alter social media policies for the police department has raised concerns from press freedom and public safety advocates, who worry that limiting what police can release to the public will impact safety and limit media professionals’ ability to access…
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Tapped: Aurora cracks down on water use as reservoirs fall, runoff shrinks
Editor’s note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that…
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Federal judge green-lights jury visit to Aurora detention center in forced-labor lawsuit
A federal judge granted a request on Thursday to have jurors visit the privately run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora as part of an upcoming civil trial over alleged forced labor practices. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane said he wanted the “best possible trial,” and initially postponed his…
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Aurora, Arapahoe County see rise in homelessness, but more people sheltered
Aurora and Arapahoe County both saw increases in the number of homeless people in this year’s Point-In-Time count, but fewer of those people went unsheltered this year. Aurora saw a 33% increase in the overall number of homeless people from 2025 to 2026, with 626 last year and 832 this year. While the number of…
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Aurora eyes raising taxes to pay for infrastructure projects
Aurora voters could decide this November whether to raise sales taxes for the first time since 1993 to help pay for infrastructure, transportation and public safety improvements. The city’s Infrastructure Task Force recommended that the City Council approve a bond program supported by sales and use tax increases to fund Build Up Aurora projects. On…
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Aurora City Council wants ICE facility to report health hazards to city
The Aurora City Council on Monday night advanced proposed changes to the city code that would require all detention facilities to report health hazards to the local government, though whether the new mandates can be enforced remains unclear. The rule change — which would apply to detention facilities like the GEO U.S. Immigration and Customs…
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Aurora council moves forward with creation of police oversight office
Aurora councilmembers made a first official step in creating an independent police oversight office Monday, moving forward with an ordinance that lays out responsibilities for the office. The creation of an oversight office has been in the works for years, with approval and $330,000 in funding initiated when the city also entered into a consent…
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Aurora man arrested in connection to 4-year-old’s death
Aurora Police Department officers arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday in connection with a 4-year-old boy’s death. Police took Alexander Martinez-Armstrong into custody on suspicion of first-degree murder after police found the young boy unconscious and injured Saturday night, according to an APD news release. The boy later died at the hospital from his injuries. Martinez-Armstrong…
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Aurora needs a city council, not group therapy | Michael A. Hancock
The Aurora City Council recently held a meeting about decorum. It became, unintentionally, an argument for the necessity of decorum rules. The purpose was simple: decide how council members and the public should conduct themselves so city business can proceed in an orderly way. People should speak. Council members should listen. No one should shout…
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Student arrested after bringing loaded gun to Overland High School
A 17-year-old student was detained after bringing a loaded gun to the school Wednesday, according to police. No one was injured. AURORA, Colo. — One student was detained by police after bringing a loaded gun to a high school in Aurora Wednesday. At about 8:40 a.m., a 17-year-old student at Overland High School was spotted…