Kyla Pearce

1 day ago | denvergazette.com | Kyla Pearce

Members of the public are invited to a meeting with the Community Advisory Council to discuss the most recent Aurora Police Department consent decree report and share perspectives. The Community Advisory Council, which acts as a bridge between the public and the consent decree monitor, is hosting the meeting on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. virtually. Members of the public can also call in at (720) 388-8447.

1 day ago | denvergazette.com | Kyla Pearce

Standing at almost twice the height of Denver International Airport's famed Blucifer horse statue, a 58-foot-tall contemporary rendition of the Statue of Liberty now glimmers in the sunlight in east Aurora. The new statue, "Liberty," rivaling the size of 32-foot-tall Blucifer, went up over the weekend near the future entrance to The Aurora Highlands master planned community off Interstate 70.

2 days ago | coloradopolitics.com | Kyla Pearce

Standing at almost twice the height of Denver International Airport's famed Blucifer horse statue, a 58-foot-tall contemporary rendition of the Statue of Liberty now glimmers in the sunlight in east Aurora. The new statue, "Liberty," rivaling the size of 32-foot-tall Blucifer, went up over the weekend near the future entrance to The Aurora Highlands master planned community off Interstate 70.

2 days ago | denvergazette.com | Kyla Pearce

Republican incumbents are leading the fundraising race for the Aurora City Council election, which now has a pool of 17 candidates for five seats. City Council seats up for election are Wards I, II and II and two at-large. A majority of the candidates are running for Ward I and the two at-large seats. Incumbent Danielle Jurinsky, who is running to keep her at-large seat, has raised over four times the amount of the next highest fundraising candidate.

3 days ago | gazette.com | Kyla Pearce

Colorado’s fire risk for the upcoming season is average, Gov. Jared Polis said at a late April news conference. But average means there will be many wildfires in the state and they will likely be large, fire officials emphasized. “Today, it’s more a question of when, not if, a fire will affect our community,” Polis said. In the short term, there’s heightened wildfire risk in southeast Colorado, then later in the summer, heightened risk in southwest Colorado, fire officials said.