Aurora leaders clash as questions over deportation plan persist

Aurora leaders clash as questions over deportation plan persist

Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky says the Trump transition team has spoken to her about Operation Aurora, but the details of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport an unknown number of undocumented immigrants remain scarce. Last week, Jurinsky took the opportunity of a monthly meeting of the council’s public safety policy committee, which she … Read more

Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Dustin Zvonek resigns from City Council

Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Dustin Zvonek resigns from City Council

Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Dustin Zvonek is resigning from the City Council at the end of October, one year before the end of his term. Zvonek announced his resignation during an Aurora council meeting Monday and did not go into detail about why he was leaving. “Sometimes in life, you get thrown a curveball, or … Read more

Westminster voters could be asked to shake up city government on ballot

Westminster voters could be asked to shake up city government on ballot

Voters in Westminster may get the chance this November to tinker with the very gears and guts of democracy. The City Council is weighing a proposed ballot measure that would split Westminster into three pieces — each to be represented by a council member with closer ties to city neighborhoods and the people who live … Read more

Condemned Aurora apartment building’s residents plead for more time

Condemned Aurora apartment building’s residents plead for more time

Residents living in a condemned apartment building in Aurora pleaded with city officials Thursday for more time to find new housing ahead of a move-out deadline looming early next week. “We are humans. We are not animals,” said Emanuel Chabrier, 27, a renter for about three years. “This is not fair.” On Wednesday morning, police … Read more

Aurora says yes, Westminster says no to guns in city buildings

Aurora says yes, Westminster says no to guns in city buildings

On a razor-thin 4-3 vote, the Westminster City Council this week knocked down a proposal that would have opted out of a new state law that prohibits firearms from being brought into local government buildings. But across town, members of the Aurora City Council gave initial unanimous approval to a similar ordinance — exercising a … Read more

Does Heather Morris, Aurora’s new police chief, have staying power?

Does Heather Morris, Aurora’s new police chief, have staying power?

Heather Morris pulled into an Aurora parking lot not long before Christmas and eyed the snow-covered pavement with suspicion. The longtime Texan wasn’t sure how to walk through the snow. She called out to another police officer for advice. “He’s like, ‘Keep your balance, don’t lean your weight forward, take small steps and stay away … Read more

Aurora City Council approves purchase of Crowne Plaza Hotel property for homeless navigation campus

Aurora City Council approves purchase of Crowne Plaza Hotel property for homeless navigation campus

The city of Aurora plans to buy the Crowne Plaza Hotel and turn it into a “regional navigation center” that provides temporary housing and services for people who are homeless. Aurora City Council members approved the purchase Monday night 7-3 for the 255-room hotel and convention center at 15500 E. 40th Ave. near the airport … Read more

Aurora community greenhouses plan aims to fill gaps in food system

Aurora community greenhouses plan aims to fill gaps in food system

For more than a decade, two city-owned greenhouses in Aurora largely have sat empty. A community group wants to put them to use, with plans to turn the greenhouses into spaces for urban agriculture. A partnership between the city and Food Justice NW Aurora soon could launch an operation that supplies food-producing plant starts and … Read more