President Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of roughly 1,500 people connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol includes at least 18 Coloradans who will either see their convictions wiped out or pending charges dropped. Trump announced the pardons and commutations late Monday, hours after his inauguration in Washington, D.C. Related Articles Crime … Read more
Colorado’s new voter-approved gun initiative has a target unlike those of previous measures meant to reduce gun violence. The tax on guns and ammunition is meant to generate revenue to support cash-strapped victim services, and it’s an open question whether it will affect firearms sales. The 6.5% tax on manufacturers and sellers — including pawnbrokers … Read more
Colorado lawmakers are set to introduce a pair of bills in the next legislative session that would bar municipal courts from imposing more severe sentences than state courts for the same crimes, as well as limit city courts from criminalizing missed hearings. The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Javier Mabrey, a Denver Democrat, seeks to … Read more
Starting next year, there won’t be any police officers in Morrison. Instead, this tiny town of 400 residents — home to the busy Red Rocks Amphitheatre and a steady stream of tourists window-shopping on Bear Creek Avenue — will contract with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for round-the-clock law enforcement services. The new arrangement is … Read more
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
A 20-year-old Denver man was arrested Sunday in connection with last week’s shooting death of a Venezuelan man at an Aurora liquor store on East Colfax Avenue. The Aurora Police Department Major Crime Homicide Unit announced Monday it had apprehended Davonte McCoy Bletson on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of the 38-year-old Aurora … Read more
Former President Donald Trump in a speech Friday identified Aurora, along with Springfield, Ohio, as cities from which he would deport immigrants if he is elected in November. “We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country,” Trump told reporters in Los Angeles, according to an account of the speech from … Read more
Rocky Flats is at a crossroads once again. For 25 years, 10 city and county governments near the former nuclear weapons manufacturing site northwest of Denver have monitored for contaminants and other hazards through their participation in the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council. But now the council, which has met regularly to discuss conditions on the … Read more
An Adams County judge has handed a small victory to former residents of a condemned apartment building in Aurora by ordering the property owners and managers to immediately find housing for the dozens of families displaced. District Court Judge Sarah Stout on Wednesday afternoon granted a temporary restraining order requested by Javier Hidalgo the previous … Read more
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
