Author: Kyla Pearce
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Aurora council member arrested for DUI was 3 times legal limit, police say
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Aurora City Councilmember Rob Andrews, who was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Saturday, had a blood alcohol content of more than three times the legal driving limit when he was pulled over, arrest documents show. Andrews, elected to the City Council in November, was pulled over Saturday evening and arrested, Aurora police said, after…
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DA Padden finds Aurora officer justified in fatally shooting 17-year-old
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The Aurora police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 17-year-old at a gas station in September was deemed to have used justifiable deadly force by District Attorney Amy Padden in a letter Friday. In the letter to Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain, Padden stated that she found Officer Derek Paulson “justified in using deadly physical…
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Aurora facilities, services closed Friday for first of 4 furlough days this year
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Aurora city facilities and operations will be closed Friday for the first cost-saving furlough day of 2026. Three more are coming. City officials planned for the furloughs as part of efforts to money in the face of a $21 million budget shortfall. On furlough days, most city facilities and operations will be closed, including municipal…
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Adams County Sheriff’s Office creates human trafficking unit
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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office announced the creation of a Human Trafficking Unit on Tuesday. Two Adams County detectives will staff the unit, investigating human trafficking cases and enforcing regulations governing massage facilities, according to a news release from the ACSO. Unit detectives will also investigate other vice crimes like prostitution and exploitation, the release…
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Aurora officials talk to community about possibility of citizen oversight of police
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More than 50 people attended a listening session Tuesday evening in Aurora to talk about the possibility of creating a civilian oversight group for the Aurora Police Department. The session was led by new councilmembers Gianina Horton and Amy Wiles, who took questions from the audience to start about the costs and meaning of police…
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Aurora lawmakers declare opposition to ‘ICE overreach’ after 3 hours of public comment, council debate
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After three hours of public comment and city council back-and-forth Aurora councilmembers passed a resolution that declares the council’s opposition to “overreach by ICE agents” following the fatal Minneapolis shooting and sets the stage for further discussion in a future meeting about limiting cooperation with ICE. The resolution passed with six “yes” votes and four…
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Aurora lawmakers to vote on statement of opposition to ICE following shooting of woman from Colorado
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In the first Aurora City Council meeting of the new year, councilmembers will vote on a proposed resolution that would declare the council’s opposition to “overreach by ICE agents” following the fatal Minneapolis shooting. If passed, the resolution, which was put on Monday night’s agenda by Mayor Pro Tem Alison Coombs, would state that the…
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New Aurora councilmembers to host meetings about creating civilian oversight of police
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Two of Aurora’s new councilmembers plan to hold listening sessions with community members to talk about establishing an independent civilian oversight committee for Aurora police. Gianina Horton and Amy Wiles, who were both elected to the Aurora City Council in November, are hosting sessions on Tuesday and Jan. 29 at the Aurora Center for Active…
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729 employees to be laid off at USPS transfer hub in Aurora
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Mail transit company Alan Ritchey, Inc. is shutting down operations at a USPS transfer hub in Aurora in late February, resulting in more than 700 layoffs, according to a Tuesday WARN letter. In the letter sent to Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman and WARN Act Statewide Coordinator Karen Hoopes, CEO Robby Ritchey said the company will…
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Aurora Mental Health and Recovery opens ‘one-stop’ facility for health, substance use care
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Aurora Mental Health and Recovery is opening a new facility that the organization said will provide “one-stop access” to mental healthcare and substance use care. AMHR’s Potomac Pavilion, a new 48,000-square-foot facility at 1290 S. Potomac St. in Aurora, is opening services to the public later this month. Kathie Snell, AMHR’s chief strategy and operations…