Tag: aurora
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Aurora City Council eliminates homeless sweep requirements
Aurora no longer has to provide a 72-hour notice or sheltering option before sweeping encampments.
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A tattoo, the N-word, a different crime: Colorado justices hear appeal of former death row inmate
Almost 20 years after the murders of a young couple in Aurora, the Colorado Supreme Court heard the appeal of the man convicted of orchestrating the killings and who now alleges numerous errors pervaded his trial. Arapahoe County jurors convicted Robert Keith Ray for the 2005 slayings of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe. He received…
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Federal judge rejects Aurora’s plea to reconsider excessive force decision in light of SCOTUS precedent
A federal judge on Monday rejected the city of Aurora’s attempt to invoke a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision about government employees’ personal conduct, and instead stood by her prior ruling that city policies allegedly motivated an officer to attack a woman while he was on administrative leave. Wyoma Martinez filed suit against Officer Douglas…
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Meet Colorado’s ‘storm doctor,’ who chases tornadoes and prepares for medical emergencies
During the spring, as thunderclouds form and twisters charge across the Kansas plains, you can find Dr. Jason Persoff in his 2014 Kia Sorento. With him, an iPad and ham radio. He’s chasing tornadoes, his springtime hobby for the past 25 years. When the chill of winter quiets the air, he chases another natural phenomenon…
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Colorado Supreme Court to intervene in second case questioning harsher municipal sentences
The Colorado Supreme Court signaled last month that it may intervene in a second case questioning whether municipalities can impose tougher sentences than state law does for identical criminal conduct. At least four of the seven justices must agree to hear a case that is appealed directly to the Supreme Court without going to the…
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Aurora nonprofit develops affordable housing, career development campus
Across from the Anschutz Medical Campus in the heart of Aurora, the sounds of construction reverberate through the streets. To Jason Janz, it’s the sounds of a bright future for hundreds of Aurorans who will move into the under-construction affordable housing complex next year and begin free career training classes at the same facility. “The…
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Federal judge allows man to sue Aurora officer for alleged accidental discharge of gun
A federal judge last week declined to dismiss a man’s excessive force claim against an Aurora police officer, who fired his gun in what the city alleged to be an accidental discharge. This spring, Arapahoe County jurors found Eugene Robertson guilty of numerous attempted murder charges. However, while he was incarcerated pending trial, Robertson filed suit against…
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Pikes Peak region teams prepare to battle for state softball crowns
The race to crown a softball champion begins this week as the state playoffs for 3A, 4A and 5A start Friday in Aurora. Four area teams qualified for the tournament with Palmer Ridge, Cheyenne Mountain, Vista Ridge and The Classical Academy all clinching a berth in the postseason. First-round games start at 10 a.m. and…
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‘Village’ of Hispanic food and culture almost complete in Colorado
AURORA • Doug McMurrain is raising a village. Seven long years after he first came to the abandoned Kmart here along East Colfax Avenue, customers have finally started to fill the parking lot. What started in 2017 with clearing trash — “seriously, like 40 bags of trash,” McMurrain said — is now close to the…
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10th Circuit upholds dismissal of Aurora councilwoman’s lawsuit
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Monday that an Aurora city council member had not shown a violation of her constitutional rights occurred when she became the subject of a social worker’s false report of child abuse. Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky sued Arapahoe County, the department of human services and Robin Niceta, who was…