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Aurora police chief fires officer for showing up to work intoxicated
AURORA | Newly appointed Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson on Tuesday fired an Aurora officer found to be intoxicated on the job last year.
Wilson fired...
Sentinel Cover Stories
CHARTING A COURSE: Health officials invent the pandemic wheel to navigate...
Adam Anderson knows the morass of sifting through mountains of local data related to COVID-19.
He created it. Twice.
As the health data and GIS supervisor...
HOME SICK: Officials say region risks being plagued by evictions amid...
Evictions were a growing problem in Aurora before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy, forcing retail businesses to
temporarily close their doors, restaurants...
SUPPLY AND DEMAND: Who took pandemic PPP loans in the Aurora...
Plenty of Aurorans are slugging suds this summer at Dry Dock Brewing Company’s South Dock location, but the pandemic hasn’t been a breeze for...
THE NEW RULE OF LAW: 11 ways during a pandemic lawmakers...
The 2020 Colorado Legislature began with a trumpeted charge in January and ended with weary lawmakers lining up for nose swabs in June.
Despite having...
CLASS AX: Schools consider pulling cops out of schools in reaction...
A Disproportionate number of black students encounter school-based police in Aurora. Teachers blame police, police blame teachers. Activists just want them out.
END RUN: With Colorado prep sports in viral limbo, some high-school...
Boxes were already packed and ready to go for Noah Schmidt for a short move from his house of 15 years to a new...
GOT RESERVATIONS? Nervous hotels and restaurants catering to a nervous public
Social butterflies rejoice. Kind of.
Gov. Jared Polis granted Coloradans a tantalizing length of leash this week when he announced that a gaggle of social...
PRIMARY DIRECTIVE: Dems, other voters choosing endangered Sen. Gardner’s opponent for...
In a state moving decisively left, Democrats John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff consider June primary election the big win
THE COLOR OF BLACK AND WHITE: Aurora area officials and residents...
Imagine, for a moment, that you are a black man or woman living in America in 2020. How could you not believe that racism...
Sentinel Blogs
OAKES: Pepperdine gets lucky as Colbey Ross decides to go back...
The Pepperdine men's basketball team will have the exciting services of former Eaglecrest High School star Colbey Ross for one more season.
Education
APS maps out and addresses challenges as virtual classes near
AURORA | Even without the classrooms, class in Aurora Public Schools may feel somewhat familiar for students when most kids sign in from home...
Police and Courts
Aurora police chief fires officer for showing up to work intoxicated
AURORA | Newly appointed Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson on Tuesday fired an Aurora officer found to be intoxicated on the job last year.
Wilson fired...
Around Aurora
APD investigating incident involving Jeep, gunfire and Elijah McClain protesters on...
AURORA | The Aurora Police Department announced an investigation into the sudden violence on Interstate 225 during a Saturday protest march for Elijah McClain,...
Colorado Legislature
Polis, Democrats lambaste state GOP pandemic school plan as voucher end...
AURORA | Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic state lawmakers quickly dismissed a Republican proposal Tuesday to divert funding away from the public school system...
Local Obituaries
Longtime Aurora firefighter dies of coronavirus while volunteering in NYC
AURORA | Paul Cary, a retired Aurora firefighter who spent more than three decades working for the city, recently died of COVID-19 while volunteering as...
