Author: Kyla Pearce The Denver Gazette
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Aurora City Council moves forward with allowing police to use facial recognition
Aurora councilmembers moved forward Monday night with a measure that, if passed at a future regular City Council meeting, would allow Aurora police to use facial recognition technology to help them solve crimes. Monday night’s meeting was still held online after a special meeting Saturday in which Mayor Mike Coffman urged the council to go…
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Robert Redford remembered at Boulder’s The Sink as former janitor
Oscar-winning actor and director Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, was once a janitor at The Sink in Boulder, leaving behind a legacy and a caricature on the wall for all who eat there. Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name…
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Aurora ballot will officially have 13 council candidates
There are officially 13 candidates running for five Aurora City Council seats up for election this November, a number that dwindled from 20 after candidates submitted nomination petition sections to the City Clerk’s office. Nomination petitions were due at the end of August, and the Aurora City Clerk’s office released the certified list of candidates…
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Construction firm to build HQ in Aurora, add 1,700 jobs
Colorado-born construction and building services company RK Industries will expand to Aurora, bringing more than 1,700 new jobs as its headquarters takes root in the city. Gov. Jared Polis, the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and the Aurora Economic Development Council announced the company’s expansion Wednesday.…
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Aurora council pushes off vote on future of human relations commission after tense meeting
Accusations flew at the Aurora City Council meeting Aug. 25, when councilmembers debated whether to keep the Human Relations Commission, which went on the chopping block in an initial vote at the last council meeting and then went back up for debate on Aug. 25. That debate was delayed until a Sept. 22 council meeting,…
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CU swatting incident
Emergency personnel gather near the University of Colorado Boulder’s Norlin Library for on original call of an active shooter situation. Police later lifted the shelter-in-place order and said the call may have been a hoax, or swatting call.
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Dairy farm deaths include Weld County high schooler; coroner investigates gas exposure
Six men — four of them related — died at a dairy farm in Weld County likely due to gas exposure in a confined space. One of the victims was a high school student in the Weld County School District RE-9, education authorities said in a statement on Thursday night. Friday night, the Weld County…
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6 found dead at Weld County dairy operation
Six people were found dead Wednesday evening at a dairy operation in Weld County, according to a Southeast Weld Fire District news release. Fire crews were dispatched to the dairy operation in the 32000 block of Weld County Road 18, just east of Keenesburg, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the release. Responding crews found…
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Arapahoe County nonprofit support program accepts applications after hiatus
An Arapahoe County program that helps fill funding gaps for nonprofits is accepting applications again after a break in operation, according to a news release from the county. Aid to Agencies, a program that began in Arapahoe County in 2008 to fill service gaps in the county, paused in 2024 due to budget constraints. After…
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Mesa Sheriff’s office sues Polis, Weiser for ‘vague’ law banning police cooperation with ICE
Mesa County Sheriff’s Office officials filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser earlier this month, claiming that being unable to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement impacts their ability to do their jobs and has kept their office from getting federal grants. Sheriff Todd Rowell, Undersheriff Matthew King…