Top stories
ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
APS director Anne Keke makes Dem primary ballot in HD 41, challenging Rep. Jamie Jackson
Colorado elections bill aims to secure voting and curb federal interference
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Metro Aurora
Drone violations of restricted airspace at Colorado Rockies games prompt warning from authorities
No arrests made, but fines may be issued later.
Colorado legislature weighs cuts to public-paid homeschool enrichment programs
“Calling the practice ‘staggering’ and ‘totally unacceptable,’ state lawmakers are considering cutting that rate in half.”
Federal reversal sparks fear for transgender students’ rights in schools
“Once you open that door to something that is unprecedented, where does it end?”
Sentinel Magazine
Movie Review: ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ offers a teenage-girl mummy and a messy, overlong gorefest
“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” — the title alone is a flex, like he gets his name on this thing like Guillermo del Toro, John Carpenter or Tyler Perry? — is overly long, constantly ping-pongs between Cairo and Albuquerque, New Mexico, and after a sedate first half, plows into a gross-out bloodfest at the end that…
Opinion
Toon in Thursday
A look at the world on Thursday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe
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Sentinel Blogs
SENTINEL LEARNING CURVES: AAUW Aurora accepting scholarship applications for 2026–27 Academic Year
The AAUW is offering $2,500 scholarships only for Aurora residents of any gender
Nation and World
‘Out of many, one,’ says a US national motto. What does that push for unity mean today?
“It is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it … indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest,”…
Colorado & region
Colorado Republicans move to block Democrats’ 2028 redistricting plan
Advance Colorado, the conservative dark-money group that has bankrolled a host of ballot measures in recent years, is also backing a counter-measure that aims to block the new Democratic-backed maps
Pro and College Sports
Scott Wedgewood stops 22 shots, Avs beat Kraken 2-0 to break franchise’s single-season points mark
Colorado hosts the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday to start the playoffs.
SENTINEL PREPS
Boys Lacrosse: Hammer secured, Buffs not satisfied as they push for program history
The Hammer traveling trophy rests in the hands of the Smoky Hill boys lacrosse team for the first time since 2017 and coach Logan Booth’s team continues to swing at history.

