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Aurora City Council proposes more decorum changes to deal with fractious meetings
Aurora Police Department podcast revives search for Chelsea Yasser’s killer
DOJ’s immigrant voting letter to Colorado election officials labeled as intimidation tactic
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Metro Aurora
Aurora traffic enforcement cuts crashes by 86% at crash-prone I-225 and Parker interchanges
Police issued 126 citations during two enforcement operations in the area.
Pitkin County OKs costly water purchase for Roaring Fork River amid diversions to Front Range cities
The water is currently taken across the Continental Divide to the Arkansas River basin to be used by entities on the Front Range, including Aurora
Mayor Coffman seeing red over green Aurora school district lawns amid sustained drought
“We want to emphasize that one photo from one school site does not represent our district’s overall water usage.”
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Aurora Votes 2026
Victor Marx maintains slim advantage in Colorado GOP governor primary
Marx, a ministry leader, had a 1,950 vote advantage over Kirkmeyer as of 4 p.m. He had 39.82% of the vote versus Kirkmeyer’s 39.45%.
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Sentinel Magazine
EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists
The EPA has not released a formal agenda of MAHA priorities, leaving activists frustrated and questioning the Trump administration’s commitment to addressing environmental health concerns.
Opinion
Toon in Friday
A look at the world on Friday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe
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Aurora Sports Notebook: Smoky Hill set to induct inaugural Hall of Fame class
News and notes about current or former Aurora prep sports, athletes and coaches from Sports Editor Courtney Oakes.
Nation and World
Senate hopeful Haley Stevens knows how to win in Michigan. Democrats must decide if that’s enough
Haley Stevens, a moderate Democrat, is running against progressive Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, with the support of the Democratic establishment and outside spending, while El-Sayed has built a grassroots campaign on bold policy proposals and a rejection of corporate PAC money.
Colorado & region
DOJ’s immigrant voting letter to Colorado election officials labeled as intimidation tactic
“This is another thinly-veiled attempt by the Department of Justice to intimidate election officials and coerce compliance with their efforts to unlawfully inject the federal government into States’ constitutional duty to oversee elections.” – Colora
Pro and College Sports
Giants beat the Rockies 8-2 to start a 4-game series
Hunter Goodman had a leadoff single in the fourth and scored on Willi Castro’s seventh homer — a two-out shot to put the Rockies up 2-1.
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Girls Swimming: Smoky Hill finishes top 11 in country in GPA, claims third straight NISCA Gold Scholar Award
The Smoky Hill girls swim team claimed a third straight Gold Scholar team award from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association with a 3.921 Grade Point Average for the 2025-26 season.